West Germany,
1955, 109 min
Directed by:
Walter ReischScreenplay:
Walter ReischCinematography:
Göran StrindbergComposer:
Werner EisbrennerCast:
Anita Björk, Wolfgang Preiss, Benno Sterzenbach, Fritz Rasp, Walter Janssen, Peter van Eyck, Götz von Langheim, Eduard Köck, Claus Clausen, Jochen Schröder, Klaus Miedel, Piet Clausen, Rolf Kutschera (more)Plots(1)
Rilke's Lay of the Love and Death as an autumnal and melancholy film poem about the horrors of war. A visually splendid history painting, to be seen as a comment on the then ongoing armament discussion in the Federal Republic of Germany. (Locarno Festival)