Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1960 film)

Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
German poster
Directed byAlberto Cavalcanti
Written byBertolt Brecht (play)
Hella Wuolijoki
Alberto Cavalcanti
Vladimir Pozner
Ruth Wieden
Produced byHeinrich Bauer
Herbert Kollmann
StarringCurt Bois
Heinz Engelmann
Maria Emo
CinematographyAndré Bac
Edited byJosef Juvancic
Music byHanns Eisler
Production
companies
Heinrich Bauer-Film
Wien-Film
Distributed bySascha-Verleih
Release date
  • 21 October 1960 (1960-10-21)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (German: Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti) is a 1960 Austrian comedy film directed and co-written by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Curt Bois, Heinz Engelmann and Maria Emo.[1] It was made at the Soviet-controlled Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. Production began in 1955, but wasn't completed until 1960.[2] The film is based on the 1948 play Mr Puntila and his Man Matti by Bertolt Brecht which in turn is based on the 1940 Finnish play The Sawdust Princess by Hella Wuolijoki.[3][4]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "HERR PUNTILA UND SEIN KNECHT MATTI (1956)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018.
  2. ^ Davidson & Hake p.221
  3. ^ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Patterson, Michael (2006). "Mr Puntila and His Man Matti". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

Bibliography

  • Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.


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