Karl May (film)
Appearance
Karl May | |
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Directed by | Hans-Jürgen Syberberg |
Screenplay by | Hans-Jürgen Syberberg |
Produced by | Hans Jürgen Syberberg |
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Cinematography | Dietrich Lohmann |
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Music by | Eugen Thomass |
Production company | TMS Film |
Distributed by | Warner-Columbia Filmverleih |
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Running time | 187 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
Budget | DM 1.1 million |
Karl May is a 1974 West German biographical drama film directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, starring Helmut Käutner as the writer Karl May. It is considered the second part in Syberberg's "German trilogy", preceded by Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King from 1972 and succeeded by Hitler: A Film from Germany from 1977.[1]
It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich with sets designed by Nino Borghi. Location shooting took place in Vienna from 4 April to 17 May 1974.[2] The budget was 1.1 million Deutsche Mark, of which the broadcaster ZDF provided 700,000 Mark.[3]
Partial cast
[edit]- Helmut Käutner as Karl May
- Kristina Söderbaum as Emma
- Käthe Gold as Klara
- Attila Hörbiger as Dittrich, Militär-Schriftsteller
- Willy Trenk-Trebitsch as Lebius, Journalist
- Mady Rahl as Pauline Münchmeyer
- Lil Dagover as Bertha von Suttner
- Rudolf Prack as Sächsischer Justizminister
- Rainer von Artenfels as Junger Hitler
- Leon Askin as Anwalt Klotz-Sello
- Harry Hardt as Wessel von Charlottenburg
- Fritz von Friedl as Larrass
References
[edit]- ^ "Hans Jürgen Syberberg". Filmportal.de (in German). German Film Institute. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "Karl May". Filmportal.de (in German). German Film Institute. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "Hiob mit Rosen". Der Spiegel (in German). 16 September 1974. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
External links
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Categories:
- 1974 films
- 1970s biographical films
- German biographical films
- Biographical films about writers
- Films directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
- Films shot in Vienna
- 1970s German-language films
- West German films
- Films set in the 1900s
- Films set in the 1910s
- Karl May
- German historical films
- 1970s historical films
- Films shot at Bavaria Studios
- 1970s German films
- 1970s German film stubs