The Standard (film)

The Standard
Directed by	Ottokar Runze
Written by	Herbert Asmodi
Based on	The Standard by Alexander Lernet-Holenia
Produced by	Otto Boris Dworak Ottokar Runze
Starring	Simon Ward Siegfried Rauch Peter Cushing
Cinematography	Michael Epp
Edited by	Tamara Epp
Music by	Hans-Martin Majewski
Production companies	Neue Thalia-Film Norddeutsche Filmproduktion Ottokar Runze Filmproduktion Producciones Cinematográficas Orfeo
Distributed by	Gunther Wessel Filmverleih
Release date	18 May 1977
Running time	120 minutes
Countries	Austria Spain West Germany
Language	German

The Standard (German: Die Standarte) is a 1977 war drama film directed by Ottokar Runze and starring Simon Ward, Siegfried Rauch and Peter Cushing. It was made as a co-production between Austria, Spain and West Germany. The film is based on the 1934 novel The Standard by Alexander Lernet-Holenia, previously turned into a 1935 film My Life for Maria Isabella in Nazi Germany. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Scharff. Location shooting took place in Vienna and Toledo province in Spain.

Cast

• Simon Ward as Officer Menis
• Siegfried Rauch as Graf Bottenlauben
• Peter Cushing as Baron von Hackenberg
• Jon Finch as Major Charbinsky
• Viktor Staal as Anton
• Verónica Forqué as Louise Lang
• Gerd Böckmann as Anschütz
• Robert Hoffmann as Koch
• Wolfgang Preiss as Oberst
• Lil Dagover as Erzherzogin
• Maria Perschy as Mordax
• Erik Frey as Oberstleutnant
• David Robb as English Officer
• Michael Janisch as Orbeliani
• Friedrich von Ledebur as General
• Rudolf Prack as Lakai- Kaiserlicher Diener im Hof
• Kurt Sowinetz as Kaiserlischer Diener im Kaminzimmer
• Hans Thimig as Hofbeamter

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• The Standard at IMDb