Johannes Kepler (film)

Johannes Kepler
Directed byFrank Vogel
Written by
  • Manfred Freitag
  • Joachim Nestler
  • Frank Vogel
Starring
CinematographyOtto Hanisch
Edited byEvelyn Carow
Music byGerhard Rosenfeld
Production
company
Distributed byProgress Film
Release date
  • 15 November 1974 (1974-11-15)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryEast Germany
LanguageGerman

Johannes Kepler is a 1974 East German historical drama film directed by Frank Vogel and starring Reimar J. Baur, Trude Bechmann and Kurt Böwe. It is a biopic of the German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler.[1]

Cast

  • Reimar J. Baur as Johannes Kepler
  • Trude Bechmann as Katharina Kepler – Mutter
  • Kurt Böwe as Tycho Brahe
  • Karin Gregorek as Margarete Kepler – Schwester
  • Katharina Thalbach as Ursula Haller
  • Arno Wyzniewski as Vogt Aulber
  • Martin Trettau as Pater Paul Guldin
  • Günther Grabbert as Oswald Gabelkofer
  • Dieter Franke as Pfarrer Binder
  • Rolf Hoppe as Emperor Rudolf II.
  • Manfred Zetzsche as Ernst von Köln
  • Friedo Solter as Lucas Leyser
  • Friedrich Richter as Michael Maestlin
  • Käthe Reichel as Frau Haller
  • Eva-Maria Hagen as Ursula Reinbold 'Reinboldin'
  • Barbara Dittus as Stadtwächterfrau
  • Günter Schubert as Stadtwächter
  • Gerd Ehlers as Verteidiger Rueff
  • Fred Delmare as Beutelsbacher
  • Erik S. Klein as Vogt Einhorn
  • Carl Heinz Choynski as Herr Schmidt
  • Gert Gütschow as Kammerdiener Lange
  • Hannjo Hasse as Oberkontrolleur
  • Jörg Panknin as Stadtknecht
  • Ernst Meincke as Jüngerer Stadtknecht
  • Thomas Langhoff as Dr. Jessenius
  • Hartmut Beer as Älterer Stadtknecht
  • Sadegh Shabaviz as Katholischer Hauptmann
  • Heinz Hupfer as Goldschmied
  • Mary-Edith Schreiber as Frau des Goldschmieds
  • Jan Bereska as Gerichtsknecht
  • Jörg Knochée as Gerichtsschreiber
  • Carmen-Maja Antoni as Gerichtsmagd
  • Günter Junghans as Longomontanus
  • Thomas Wolff as Tengnagel
  • Hellena Büttner as Ulla – Tychos dänische Magd
  • Karla Runkehl as Kristina Barbara Brahe – Tychos Frau
  • Sybille Schmidt as Elisabeth Brahe – Tychos Tochter
  • Werner Dissel as Richter
  • Anja Steinert as Frau Schmidt
  • Peter Hill as Schreiber von Gabelkofer
  • Axel Werner as Wächter
  • Gerd Funk as Jost Bürgi
  • Michael Gerber as Unterkontrolleur
  • Jan Spitzer as Ursinus
  • Marietta Grünwald as Schöne Frau
  • Kiril Popov as Reiteroberst
  • Jörg Gillner as Junger Jesuit
  • Wolfgang Greese as Andreas Schnabel

References

  1. ^ Ivanova p.187

Bibliography

  • Mariana Ivanova. Cinema of Collaboration: DEFA Coproductions and International Exchange in Cold War Europe. Berghahn Books, 2019.


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