Duel with Death (German: Duell mit dem Tod) is a 1949 Austrian war drama film directed by Paul May and starring Rolf von Nauckhoff, Annelies Reinhold, and Fritz Hinz-Fabricius.[1] The film portrays the Austrian resistance to Nazi Germany during the Second World War.
| Duel with Death | |
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 Belgian release poster | |
| Directed by | Paul May |
| Written by | Paul May Georg Wilhelm Pabst |
| Produced by | Georg Wilhelm Pabst |
| Starring | Rolf von Nauckhoff Annelies Reinhold Fritz Hinz-Fabricius |
| Cinematography | Helmuth Ashley |
| Music by | Alfred Schneider |
Production company | Pabst-Kiba-Filmproduktionsgesellschaft |
| Distributed by | Union Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Pischinger.
It premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in July 1949 before going on general release in Austria that December.
Synopsis
editA Professor is brought before an Allied military court to explain apparently incriminating evidence against him. This gives him a chance to recount what really happened during the war years.
Cast
edit- Rolf von Nauckhoff as Dr. Ernst Romberg
- Annelies Reinhold as Maria Romberg
- Fritz Hinz-Fabricius as Pfarrer Menhardt
- Hans Dreßler as Defense lawyer Dr. Hallmann
- Louis V. Arco as Gerichtsvorsitzender
- Ernst Waldbrunn as Franz Lang
- Maria Eis as Frau Lang
- Erich Auer as Geisler
- Martin King as Ziegler
- Manfred Schuster as Beierle
- Hannes Schiel as Rainer, Standartenführer der SS
- Josef Krastel as Kaindl
- Emmerich Schrenk as Dietz, Sturmführer der SS
- Otto Schmöle as Präsident des deutschen Feldkriegsgerichts
- Ulrich Bettac
- Erich Dörner
- Heinz Moog
References
edit- ^ Fritsche p.49
Bibliography
edit- Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links
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