Synopsis
Hugh Whitemore adapted Bruce Chatwin's novel for this tale of a New York antique dealer who travels to Prague to buy the porcelain collection of the late Baron Utz, only to become embroiled in the wreckage of the dead man's unusual life history after he discovers that the collection is missing.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- George SluizerDirector
- Hugh WhitemoreScreenplay
- Nicola PiovaniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Armin Mueller-StahlBaron Kaspar Joachim von Utz
- Brenda FrickerMarta
- Peter RiegertMarius Fisher
- Paul ScofieldDr. Vaclav Orlik
- Gaye BrownAda Krasova
- Miriam KarlinGrandmother
- Pauline MelvilleCurator
- Christian Mueller-StahlBaron Kaspar Joachim Utz aged 18
- Jakub ZdeněkBaron Kaspar Joachim von Utz aged 11
- Christian RabeBaron Kaspar Joachim von Utz aged 5
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Themes
individualvillaprague, czech republic