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The Cornet (film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Cornet' is a 1955 West German historical film war film directed by Walter Reisch and starring Gtz von Langheim, Anita Bjrk and Wolfgang Preiss.Davidson & Hake p.237[http://www.filmportal.de/film/der-cornet-die-weise-von-liebe-und-tod_e45b2526a8054e73b0834870e1967207 filmportal.de, 'Der Cornet. Die Weise von Liebe und Tod']
Set during the Great Turkish War, the film is related to the 1912 poem 'The Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke' by Rainer Maria Rilke. It was shot in Eastmancolor. Location filming took place in Bavaria.
Cast
* Gtz von Langheim as Cornet Christoph von Rilke
* Anita Bjrk as Grfin von Zathmar
* Wolfgang Preiss as Freiherr von Pirovano
* Peter van Eyck as Mnchschreiber
* Benno Sterzenbach as Rittmeister Reningen
* Walter Janssen as Arzt
* Claus Clausen as General Graf Spork
* Piet Clausen as Adjutant Spork
* Fritz Rasp as Growesir
* Eduard Kck as Falkenier
* Karl Friedrich Feudell as Kurier
* Emmy Erb as Obermagd
* Hanne-Lore Morell as Edeldame
* Almut Rothweiler as Edeldame
* Ruth Fischer as Zigeunerin
* as Der Deutsche
* Hans-Joachim Post as Der Spucker
* Gisela Free as Magd
* Fritz Friedrichs as Pfarrer
* Willi Hanning as Amtmann
* Friedrich Koch as Richter
* Heinz Pschel as Trkischer Feldwebel
* Walter Clemens as Marquis
* Rolf Kutschera
* Klaus Miedel
* Wolfgang Schmidt-Kessler
References
Bibliography
* Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. 'Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany'. Berghahn Books, 2007.
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