Film · Drama
Castles and Cottages (1957)
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.
- Director
- Kurt Maetzig
- Writers
- Kurt Maetzig, Kurt Barthel
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Release date
- February 9, 1957
- Original title
- Schlösser und Katen
Cast
Raimund SchelcherKrummer Anton
Erika DunkelmannMarthe
Karla RunkehlAnnegret
Erwin Geschonneckestate inspector Bröker
Harry HindemithKalle Buddenboom
Helga GöringChristel Sikura- Wilhelm PuchertJens Voss
- Angelika HurwiczHede
Dieter PerlwitzKlimm- Hans Finohrold Sikura
Marga LegalElisabeth Bröker
Lotte Loebingerold Sikura- Kurt DunkelmannWittig
- Ekkehard SchallEkkehart
- Otto SaltzmannPaderski
- Otto KronePalm
Erich Franzman with leather jacket
Hans KleringBräuning
Ulrich Theinagronomist
Gustav Püttjerpostman
