The read
It runs long at 3h 23m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Kurt MaetzigDirector
- Wilhelm NeefOriginal Music Composer
- Kurt MaetzigWriter
- Kurt BarthelWriter
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
Themes
miniseriespost war