Mutters Courage (1995)
Auf der Grundlage von George Taboris Erzählung "Mutters Courage" schildert der Film den Tag im Leben von Taboris Mutter Elsa, an dem sie verhaftet und nach Auschwitz verfrachtet wurde. Durch eine Unbotmäßigkeit an der Grenzstation gelingt es ihr jedoch, dem Todeszug zu entkommen. Erste deutsche "schwarze Komödie über den Holocaust", deren groteske und slapstickhafte Momente im Wissen um die "jüdische" Autorenschaft der Vorlage nicht weiter aufstoßen. Beeindruckend sowohl als ernsthafter Versuch, das komplizierte Räderwerk der Vernichtungsmaschinerie aufzudecken als auch im Bestreben, dem Unvorstellbaren Gestalt zu verleihen.
Der Regisseur: Michael Verhoeven
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George Tabori as George Tabori |
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Pauline Collins as Elsa Tabori |
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Ulrich Tukur as SS-Offizier |
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Natalie Morse as Maria |
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Robert Giggenbach as Cornelius Tabori |
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Heribert Sasse as Kelemen |
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Günter Bothur as |
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Simon Verhoeven as Junger SS-Mann |
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Buddy Elias as Rabbi |
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Peter Radtke as Man in Wheel Chair |
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Otto Grünmandl as Julius |
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Hana Frejková as Martha |
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Jens Harzer as |
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Tatiana Dyková as Olga |
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István Iglódi as Usicky |
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Eddi Arent as Klapka |
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Wolfgang Gasser as Agloof |
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Peter Mohrdieck as Glatzkopf |
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Jindřich Bonaventura as |
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Jiří Knot as German clerk |
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Johanna Mertinz as |
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Stanislav Tříska as |
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Vladimír Volek as |
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Jitka Smutná as |
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Horst Hiemer as |
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Axel Scholtz as |
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Jiří Ornest as |
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Petra Berndt as |
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Josef Vajnar as |
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Eva Holubová as |
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Radka Mayerová as |
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Miroslav Táborský as |
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Jaroslav Těšitel as |
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Ondřej Škoch as |
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Jaroslava Kretschmerová as |
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Лилиан Малкина as |
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Petr Janiš as |
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Mikuláš Roth as |
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Valerie Kaplanová as |
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Rudolf Stärz as |
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Stanislav Hájek as |
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Arnošt Goldflam as |
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Marcela Králová as |
| Directing | Michael Verhoeven | Director |
| Writing | George Tabori | Novel |
| Writing | Michael Verhoeven | Writer |
| Camera | Michael Epp | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Theo Bierkens | Director of Photography |
| Editing | David Freeman | Editor |
| Art | Wolfgang Hundhammer | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosemarie Hettmann | Costume Design |
| Sound | Johannes Rommel | Sound |
| Sound | Julian Nott | Music |
| Production | Veit Heiduschka | Producer |
| Production | Michael Verhoeven | Producer |
| Production | James Mitchell | Producer |