Castles and Cottages
Kurt Maetzig1957-02-09
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203 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Raimund Schelcher | Krummer Anton | Unowned |
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Erika Dunkelmann | Marthe | Unowned |
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Karla Runkehl | Annegret | Unowned |
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Erwin Geschonneck | estate inspector Bröker | Unowned |
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Harry Hindemith | Kalle Buddenboom | Unowned |
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Helga Göring | Christel Sikura | Unowned |
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Wilhelm Puchert | Jens Voss | Unowned |
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Angelika Hurwicz | Hede | Unowned |
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Dieter Perlwitz | Klimm | Unowned |
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Hans Finohr | old Sikura | Unowned |
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Marga Legal | Elisabeth Bröker | Unowned |
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Lotte Loebinger | old Sikura | Unowned |
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Kurt Dunkelmann | Wittig | Unowned |
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Ekkehard Schall | Ekkehart | Unowned |
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Otto Saltzmann | Paderski | Unowned |
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Otto Krone | Palm | Unowned |
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Erich Franz | man with leather jacket | Unowned |
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Hans Klering | Bräuning | Unowned |
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Ulrich Thein | agronomist | Unowned |
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Gustav Püttjer | postman | Unowned |
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Paul R. Henker | pastor Popp | Unowned |
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Horst Kube | drunk lad | Unowned |
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Ellen Plessow | aunt | Unowned |
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Traute Sense | Countess von Holzendorf | Unowned |
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Martha Beschort-Diez | Mrs. Wittig | Unowned |
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Barbara Berg | Ute Wittig | Unowned |
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Maria Wendt | Helene Klimm | Unowned |
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Heinz Kögel | Count of Holzendorf | Unowned |
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Annelise Matschulat | Mrs. Palm | Unowned |
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Hans W. Hamacher | Brother-in-law of Bräuning | Unowned |
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Ludwig Sachs | old farmer | Unowned |
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Albert Zahn | Karsten | Unowned |
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Karl Kendzia | farmer Mallmann | Unowned |
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Karl Brenk | farmer Kanne | Unowned |
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Hermann Wagemann | Farmer Weigant | Unowned |
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Herbert Rüdiger | farmer Einsiedel | Unowned |
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Gertrud Brendler | mrs. Paderski | Unowned |
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Ditha Cullmann | mrs. Fritsching | Unowned |
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Paul Pfingst | Fritsching | Unowned |
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Alexander Papendiek | soviet lieutenant | Unowned |
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Ursula Weiss | maid | Unowned |
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Maria Besendahl | Ollsch Voss | Unowned |
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Elfriede Florin | mrs. Heber | Unowned |
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Jean Brahn | cook / man on the wheel of fortune | Unowned |
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Ursula Mundt | Magd | Unowned |
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Jochen Thomas | large farmer | Unowned |
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Leonhard Ritter | large farmer | Unowned |
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Liska Merbach | A Lady | Unowned |
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Werner Senftleben | Voigt | Unowned |
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Karl-Heinz Weiss | farmer | Unowned |
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Frank Michelis | farmer | Unowned |
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Käte Alving | peasant woman | Unowned |
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Else Sanden | peasant woman | Unowned |
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Peter A. Stiege | commissioner in civilian clothes | Unowned |
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Einar List | Annegret's boy | Unowned |
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Ursula Blank | refugee woman | Unowned |
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Ursula Röschmann | refugee woman | Unowned |
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Waltraut Kramm | refugee woman | Unowned |
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Grete Carlsohn | refugee woman | Unowned |
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Hela Gruel | refugee woman | Unowned |