Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1960 film)

Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
Produced by Heinrich Bauer
Herbert Kollmann
Written by Bertolt Brecht (play)
Hella Wuolijoki
Alberto Cavalcanti
Vladimir Pozner
Ruth Wieden
Starring Curt Bois
Heinz Engelmann
Maria Emo
Music by Hanns Eisler
Cinematography André Bac
Edited by Josef Juvancic
Production
company
Heinrich Bauer-Film
Wien-Film
Distributed by Sascha-Verleih
Release date
 21 October 1960
Running time
 97 minutes
Country Austria
Language German

Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (German: Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti) is a 1960 Austrian comedy film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Curt Bois, Heinz Engelmann and Maria Emo. It was made at the Soviet-controlled Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. Production began in 1955, but wasn't completed until 1960.[1] The film is based on the play of the same name by Bertolt Brecht.

Cast

  • Curt Bois as Johannes Puntila
  • Heinz Engelmann as Matti Altonen
  • Maria Emo as Eva Puntila
  • Erika Pelikowsky as Sandra
  • Yelena Polevitskaya as Sandra Klinckmann
  • Inge Holzleitner as Fina
  • Dorothea Neff as Pröbstin
  • Elfriede Irrall as Lisu
  • Edith Prager as Manda
  • Erland Erlandsen as L'attaché
  • Karl Skraup as Josef, Apotheker
  • Otto Schmöle as Richter
  • Otto Wögerer as Bibelius
  • Max Brod as Advokat
  • Fritz Heller as Minister
  • Gaby Banschenbach as Laina
  • Josef Gmeinder as Arzt
  • Aladar Kunrad as Polizeioberst
  • Fritz Links as Probst
  • Armand Ozory as Dentist
  • Elisabeth Stiepl as Schmuggler-Emma
  • Peter Sturm
  • Robert Werner as Journalist
  • Mela Wigandt as Apothekerin

References

  1. ↑ Davidson & Hake p.221

Bibliography

  • Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.


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