Die Judenbuche

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff tells her friend Levin Schücking about her recently completed story Die Judenbuche and begins by reading from the manuscript. The protagonist of the actual story is Friedrich Mergel, whose father Hermann Mergel has a fatal accident under a beech tree on a stormy night while returning from a wedding abroad. Friedrich, who earns his living as a cowherd, is adopted by his uncle Simon, who uses him for his obscure business.

• Rainer HorbeltDirector

• Barbara MorawieczMargaret Mergel
• Roland TeubnerFriedrich Mergel
• Eberhard FeikSimon Semmler
• Franz RudnickFreiherr von Haxthausen
• Fritz LichtenhahnKapp
• Joachim TennstedtJohannes Niemand
• Harry RaymonAaron
• Diether KrebsBrandis
• Josef TratnikHülsmeyer
• Christiane LemmAnnette von Droste-Hülshoff