Directed by:
Walter ReischScreenplay:
Walter ReischCinematography:
Göran StrindbergComposer:
Werner EisbrennerCast:
Anita Björk, Wolfgang Preiss, Benno Sterzenbach, Fritz Rasp, Walter Janssen, Peter van Eyck, Götz von Langheim, Eduard Köck, Claus Clausen, Jochen Schröder, Klaus Miedel, Piet Clausen, Rolf Kutschera (more)Plots(1)
Rilke's Lay of the Love and Death as an autumnal and melancholy film poem about the horrors of war. A visually splendid history painting, to be seen as a comment on the then ongoing armament discussion in the Federal Republic of Germany. (Locarno Festival)
Cast
Anita Björk
Sweden
Best movies:
The Best Intentions (1992)
In the Presence of a Clown (1997) (TV movie)
Sanna ögonblick (1998)
Wolfgang Preiss
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The Train (1964)
Benno Sterzenbach
German Empire
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Ace of Aces (1982)
Pippi on the Run (1970)
Fritz Rasp
German Empire
Best movies:
Metropolis (1927)
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Emil and the Detectives (1931)
Walter Janssen
German Empire
Best movies:
Between Two Worlds (1921)
The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
Peter van Eyck
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Götz von Langheim
German Empire
Best movies:
Holocaust (1978) (series)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Eduard Köck
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Last Ten Days (1955)
Claus Clausen
German Empire
Best movies:
Berge in Flammen (1931)
Comrades of 1918 (1930)
Der große König (1942)
Jochen Schröder
German Empire
Best movies:
Apache Gold (1963)
The Hunchback of Soho (1966)
The Snurks (2004)
Klaus Miedel
German Empire
Best movies:
Adventure in Berlin (1952)
Deadly Decision (1954)
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963)
Rolf Kutschera
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Der Bockerer (1981)
08/15 - II. Teil (1955)
Hanne-Lore Morell
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)