Castles and Cottages
Schlösser und Katen
Release: 1957-02-09
·Runtime: 203m
Drama
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.
Production Countries
East Germany
Germany
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Erwin Geschonneck
as estate inspector Bröker
Marga Legal
as Elisabeth Bröker
Karl Kendzia
as farmer Mallmann
Waltraut Kramm
as refugee woman
Harry Hindemith
as Kalle Buddenboom
Traute Sense
as Countess von Holzendorf
Hela Gruel
as refugee woman
Ulrich Thein
as agronomist
Paul R. Henker
as pastor Popp
Lotte Loebinger
as old Sikura
Hans Klering
as Bräuning
Horst Kube
as drunk lad
Ellen Plessow
as aunt
Elfriede Florin
as mrs. Heber
Erich Franz
as man with leather jacket
Gertrud Brendler
as mrs. Paderski
Gustav Püttjer
as postman
Raimund Schelcher
as Krummer Anton
Erika Dunkelmann
as Marthe
Maria Besendahl
as Ollsch Voss
Jochen Thomas
as large farmer
Werner Senftleben
as Voigt
Karla Runkehl
as Annegret
Helga Göring
as Christel Sikura
Dieter Perlwitz
as Klimm
Paul Pfingst
as Fritsching
Karl Brenk
as farmer Kanne
Leonhard Ritter
as large farmer
