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Castles and Cottages
1957, Feb 09
3h 23m
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.
Directed by
Kurt Maetzig
Written by
Kurt Barthel, Kurt Maetzig
Gustav Püttjer
postman
Helga Göring
Christel Sikura
Hans Klering
Bräuning
Ulrich Thein
agronomist
Jochen Thomas
large farmer
Gertrud Brendler
mrs. Paderski
Erich Franz
man with leather jacket
Marga Legal
Elisabeth Bröker
Harry Hindemith
Kalle Buddenboom
Erwin Geschonneck
estate inspector Bröker
Karla Runkehl
Annegret
Erika Dunkelmann
Marthe
Maria Besendahl
Ollsch Voss
Lotte Loebinger
old Sikura
Raimund Schelcher
Krummer Anton
Waltraut Kramm
refugee woman
Dieter Perlwitz
Klimm
Werner Senftleben
Voigt
Ellen Plessow
aunt
Horst Kube
drunk lad
Paul R. Henker
pastor Popp
Traute Sense
Countess von Holzendorf
Elfriede Florin
mrs. Heber
Paul Pfingst
Fritsching
Hela Gruel
refugee woman
Leonhard Ritter
large farmer
Karl Kendzia
farmer Mallmann
Karl Brenk
farmer Kanne
Wilhelm Puchert
Jens Voss
Angelika Hurwicz
Hede
Hans Finohr
old Sikura
Kurt Dunkelmann
Wittig
Ekkehard Schall
Ekkehart
Otto Saltzmann
Paderski
Otto Krone
Palm
Martha Beschort-Diez
Mrs. Wittig
Barbara Berg
Ute Wittig
Maria Wendt
Helene Klimm
Heinz Kögel
Count of Holzendorf
Annelise Matschulat
Mrs. Palm
Hans W. Hamacher
Brother-in-law of Bräuning
Ludwig Sachs
old farmer
Albert Zahn
Karsten
Hermann Wagemann
Farmer Weigant
Herbert Rüdiger
farmer Einsiedel
Ditha Cullmann
mrs. Fritsching
Alexander Papendiek
soviet lieutenant
Ursula Weiss
maid
Jean Brahn
cook / man on the wheel of fortune
Ursula Mundt
Magd
Liska Merbach
A Lady
Karl-Heinz Weiss
farmer
Frank Michelis
farmer
Käte Alving
peasant woman
Else Sanden
peasant woman
Peter A. Stiege
commissioner in civilian clothes
Einar List
Annegret's boy
Ursula Blank
refugee woman
Ursula Röschmann
refugee woman
Grete Carlsohn
refugee woman
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