Castles and Cottages

Castles and Cottages (1957)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1957-02-09
  • Runtime: 3h 23min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: DEFA
  • Production Country: East Germany, Germany
  • Director: Kurt Maetzig

Summary

Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, after the end of the war, the land of the count gets divided amongst the farmers, Anton receives a piece and hopes to be able to work freely. But an old debt and intrigue keep Anton and his family from finding peace. The farmers of the village begin to discover their own power when Annegret, Anton's daughter, leaves. Is a new beginning possible for Anton? This film paints an impressive panorama of the development of a minor village in Mecklenburg from the end of the war to the uprising of 17 June 1953.

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  • Raimund Schelcher

    as Krummer Anton

  • Erika Dunkelmann

    as Marthe

  • Karla Runkehl

    as Annegret

  • Erwin Geschonneck

    as estate inspector Bröker

  • Harry Hindemith

    as Kalle Buddenboom

  • Helga Göring

    as Christel Sikura

  • Wilhelm Puchert

    as Jens Voss

  • Angelika Hurwicz

    as Hede

  • Dieter Perlwitz

    as Klimm

  • Hans Finohr

    as old Sikura

  • Marga Legal

    as Elisabeth Bröker

  • Lotte Loebinger

    as old Sikura

  • Kurt Dunkelmann

    as Wittig

  • Ekkehard Schall

    as Ekkehart

  • Otto Saltzmann

    as Paderski

  • Otto Krone

    as Palm

  • Erich Franz

    as man with leather jacket

  • Hans Klering

    as Bräuning

  • Ulrich Thein

    as agronomist

  • Gustav Püttjer

    as postman

  • Paul R. Henker

    as pastor Popp

  • Horst Kube

    as drunk lad

  • Ellen Plessow

    as aunt

  • Traute Sense

    as Countess von Holzendorf

  • Martha Beschort-Diez

    as Mrs. Wittig

  • Barbara Berg

    as Ute Wittig

  • Maria Wendt

    as Helene Klimm

  • Heinz Kögel

    as Count of Holzendorf

  • Annelise Matschulat

    as Mrs. Palm

  • Hans W. Hamacher

    as Brother-in-law of Bräuning

  • Ludwig Sachs

    as old farmer

  • Albert Zahn

    as Karsten

  • Karl Kendzia

    as farmer Mallmann

  • Karl Brenk

    as farmer Kanne

  • Hermann Wagemann

    as Farmer Weigant

  • Herbert Rüdiger

    as farmer Einsiedel

  • Gertrud Brendler

    as mrs. Paderski

  • Ditha Cullmann

    as mrs. Fritsching

  • Paul Pfingst

    as Fritsching

  • Alexander Papendiek

    as soviet lieutenant

  • Ursula Weiss

    as maid

  • Maria Besendahl

    as Ollsch Voss

  • Elfriede Florin

    as mrs. Heber

  • Jean Brahn

    as cook / man on the wheel of fortune

  • Ursula Mundt

    as Magd

  • Jochen Thomas

    as large farmer

  • Leonhard Ritter

    as large farmer

  • Liska Merbach

    as A Lady

  • Werner Senftleben

    as Voigt

  • Karl-Heinz Weiss

    as farmer

  • Frank Michelis

    as farmer

  • Käte Alving

    as peasant woman

  • Else Sanden

    as peasant woman

  • Peter A. Stiege

    as commissioner in civilian clothes

  • Einar List

    as Annegret's boy

  • Ursula Blank

    as refugee woman

  • Ursula Röschmann

    as refugee woman

  • Waltraut Kramm

    as refugee woman

  • Grete Carlsohn

    as refugee woman

  • Hela Gruel

    as refugee woman
Directing Kurt Maetzig Director
Sound Wilhelm Neef Original Music Composer
Camera Otto Merz Director of Photography
Editing Ruth Moegelin Editor
Writing Kurt Maetzig Writer
Writing Kurt Barthel Writer
Sound Werner Klein Sound
Art Alfred Hirschmeier Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Marianne Schmidt Costume Design

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