Intrigue and Love | |
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Directed by | Martin Hellberg |
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Produced by | Paul Ramacher |
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Cinematography | Karl Plintzner |
Edited by | Ursula Rudzki |
Music by | Wilhelm Neef |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | East Germany |
Language | German |
Intrigue and Love (German: Kabale und Liebe) is a 1959 East German historical drama film directed by Martin Hellberg and starring Wolf Kaiser, Otto Mellies and Marion Van de Kamp.[1] The film was made by the East German state-owned DEFA studio. It is an adaptation of Friedrich Schiller's 1784 play Intrigue and Love.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Harald Horn.
Plot
[edit]Ferdinand is an army major and son of President von Walter, while Luise Miller is the daughter of a middle-class musician. They fall in love with each other, but both their fathers urge them to end the affair.
Cast
[edit]- Wolf Kaiser as Präsident von Walter
- Otto Mellies as Ferdinand, sein Sohn
- Marion Van de Kamp as Lady Milford
- Willi Schwabe as Hofmarschall von Kalb
- Martin Hellberg as Miller, Stadtmusikant
- Marianne Wünscher as seine Frau
- Karola Ebeling as Luise, seine Tochter
- Uwe-Jens Pape as Wurm, Haussekretär des Präsidenten
- Hans Finohr as Kammerdiener
- Christine Schwarze as Sophie, Kammerjungfer
- Waltraud Backmann as Hofdame
- Fredy Barten as 1. Hofherr
- Hildegard Distelmann as Witwe
- Wilhelm Otto Eckhardt as Minister und Hofherr
- Hans Feldner
- Horst Giese as Rebell
- Max Klingberg as Gefängniswärter
- Sepp Klose as 1. Reiterknecht
- Otto Krone as Geheimer
- Alexander Papendiek as Rebell
- Linde Sommer
- Doris Thalmer
- Nico Turoff as Hofherr
- Ilse Voigt as Bürgerin
- Lisa Wehn as Alte Frau
References
[edit]- ^ Goble p. 483
Bibliography
[edit]- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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