Captain Wronski
| Captain Wronski | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ulrich Erfurth |
| Produced by | Willie Hoffmann-Andersen |
| Written by |
Axel Eggebrecht Michael Graf Saltikow |
| Starring |
Willy Birgel Elisabeth Flickenschildt Antje Weisgerber Ilse Steppat |
| Music by | Norbert Schultze |
| Cinematography | Igor Oberberg |
| Edited by | Hermann Ludwig |
Production company |
Apollo-Film Deutsche London-Film |
| Distributed by | Deutsche Film Hansa |
Release dates | 11 October 1954 |
Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Captain Wronski (German:Rittmeister Wronski) is a 1954 West German thriller film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and starring Willy Birgel, Elisabeth Flickenschildt and Antje Weisgerber. A Polish officer works undercover in 1930s Berlin to discover Nazi Germany's plans against his homeland. The casting of Birgel in the title role referenced his best-known performance during the Nazi era when he had played another Rittmeister in Riding for Germany (1941).[1]
Cast
- Willy Birgel as Rittmeister Wronski
- Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Jadwiga, seine Schwester
- Antje Weisgerber as Illse von Jagstfeld
- Ilse Steppat as Leonore Cronberg
- Irene von Meyendorff as Liane von Templin
- Paul Hartmann as Oberst Ranke
- Claus Holm as Dornbusch
- Olga Tschechowa as Frau von Eichhoff
- Axel Monjé as Major Momenbek
- Volker von Collande as Major Kegel
- Rudolf Forster as Oberst Maty
- Ernst Schroder as Stepan
- Marina Ried as Susi im RWM
- Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Ein deutscher Abwehrgeneral
- Rolf von Nauckhoff as SS-Unterführer
- Hilde Körber as Gefangenenaufseherin
- Margarete Schön as Gefängnisbeamtin
- Charles Regnier as Vorsitzender Volksgerichtshof
- Harald Holberg
- Alexa von Porembsky
- Paul Heidemann
- Erich Dunskus
- Hans Stiebner
- Ingrid Lutz
- Karl Ludwig Schreiber
- Walther Süssenguth
References
- ↑ Hake p.226
Bibliography
- Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.