The Muzzle (1958 film)

The Muzzle
Directed by	Wolfgang Staudte
Written by	Heinrich Spoerl (play) Manfred Barthel Eckart Hachfeld
Produced by	Kurt Ulrich Heinz Willeg
Starring	O.E. Hasse Hertha Feiler Hansjörg Felmy
Cinematography	Georg Bruckbauer
Edited by	Ingrid Wacker
Music by	Hans-Martin Majewski
Production company	Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Europa-Filmverleih
Release date	18 September 1958
Running time	95 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Muzzle (German: Der Maulkorb) is a 1958 West German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring O.E. Hasse, Hertha Feiler and Hansjörg Felmy. It is a remake of the 1938 film of the same title.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Johannes Ott and Rolf Zehetbauer. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg.

Cast

• O.E. Hasse as Prosecutor Herbert von Treskow
• Hertha Feiler as Elisabeth von Treskow
• Hansjörg Felmy as Maler Georg Rabanus
• Corny Collins as Trude von Treskow
• Robert Meyn as Senior Prosecutor
• Edith Hancke as Billa
• Rudolf Platte as Kriminalkommissar Mühsam
• Ralf Wolter as Thürnagel
• Lotte Rausch as Frau Tigges
• Ernst Waldow as Gerichtsvorsitzender
• Erni Mangold as Gutsituierte Dame
• Franz-Otto Krüger as Schibulski
• Hans Richter as Maler Ali
• Wolfgang Neuss as Wilhelm Donnerstag
• Wolfgang Müller as Karl Schmidt
• Josef Albrecht as Kriegsminister
• Josef Dahmen as Bankier
• Walter Halden as Justizrat
• Kurt A. Jung as Redakteur Nelles
• Bruno Klockmann as Oberlehrer
• Kurt Klopsch as Kultusminister
• Ludwig Linkmann as Kanzler
• Ruth Lommel
• Karl-Heinz Peters as Innenminister
• Thomas Reiner as Stammgast bei Frau Tigges
• Vera Tschechowa
• Henry Vahl
• Ingrid van Bergen as Modell Mariechen
• Carl Voscherau as Arbeiter

Bibliography

• Williams, Alan. Film and Nationalism. Rutgers University Press, 2002.

External links

• The Muzzle at IMDb