The Cornet (film)
(Redirected from Der Cornet)
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| Directed by | Walter Reisch |
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| Cinematography | Göran Strindberg |
| Edited by | Rudolf Schaad |
| Music by | Werner Eisbrenner |
Production company | Fama Film |
| Distributed by | Allianz Film |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The Cornet (German: Der Cornet. Die Weise von Liebe und Tod) is a 1955 West German historical film war film directed by Walter Reisch and starring Götz von Langheim, Anita Björk and Wolfgang Preiss.[1][2]
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 Würzburg in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wolf Englert.
Cast
[edit]- Götz von Langheim as Cornet Christoph von Rilke
- Anita Björk as Gräfin von Zathmar
- Wolfgang Preiss as Freiherr von Pirovano
- Peter van Eyck as Mönchschreiber
- Benno Sterzenbach as Rittmeister Reningen
- Walter Janssen as Arzt
- Claus Clausen as General Graf Spork
- Piet Clausen as Adjutant Spork
- Fritz Rasp as Großwesir
- Eduard Köck as Falkenier
- Karl Friedrich Feudell as Kurier
- Emmy Erb as Obermagd
- Hanne-Lore Morell as Edeldame
- Almut Rothweiler as Edeldame
- Ruth Fischer as Zigeunerin
- Jochen Schröder 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 Püschel as Türkischer Feldwebel
- Walter Clemens as Marquis
- Rolf Kutschera
- Klaus Miedel
- Wolfgang Schmidt-Kessler
References
[edit]- ^ Davidson & Hake p.237
- ^ filmportal.de, Der Cornet. Die Weise von Liebe und Tod
Bibliography
[edit]- Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.
External links
[edit]- The Cornet at IMDb
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- 1955 films
- 1950s historical films
- 1955 war films
- German war films
- German historical films
- West German films
- 1950s German-language films
- Films directed by Walter Reisch
- Films set in the 1660s
- Adaptations of works by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Films shot in Bavaria
- Films based on poems
- 1950s German films
- Films scored by Werner Eisbrenner
- German-language war films
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