Synopsis
During the Thirty Years' War, Christine, an orphan, falls in love with the colonel Count Merian. In order to always be with him, she puts on men's clothes, becomes a troop boy and later even a cornet - only the sutler knows her secret. Little by little, Christine realizes that the man she loves has been brutalized by the war and is no longer capable of true feelings. When she gives herself to him instead of a peasant maid, she is horrified by his brutality. She shoots him in a duel. She is sentenced to death as a cornet, but acquitted as a woman.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Arthur Maria RabenaltDirector
- Frank CliffordWriter
- Herbert TrantowOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Wolfgang LukschyMerian
- Petra PetersChristine
- Tilly LauensteinCourasche
- Ilse HülperLady Winterton
- Yvonne SturmBarbara
- Gerd FrickhöfferJakob
- Wolfgang KühneLord Winterton
- Theodor VogelerDer Fremde
- Guido GorollSekretär
- Fred KronströmDer Wirt
- Hans EmonsHauptmann
- Jean BrahnProfos
Themes
militarythirty years' war (1618-1648)