Unterm Birnbaum (1973)
Abel Hradscheck, the owner of an inn in the Oderbruch country, faces financial ruin. For this state of affairs, Ursula, his wife and former actress, is by no means free of blame. She is a "newcomer" to the area and even after eleven years in the area, still a "stranger". A Cracow company announces that a money-collector is on his way to the innkeeper. Mr. Szulski arrives and the debts are settled - with money supposedly stemming from an inheritance. The next day, Szulski departs but according to the maid and the stable-boy, behaves in a very strange manner. Soon afterwards, his carriage is discovered in the Oder River, but there is no trace of the drowned man. Hradscheck's neighbor starts casting suspicion on the innkeeper. The Counselor of Justice, who heads the investigations has the spot under the pear tree dug out. A dead body is exhumed...
Director:
Ralf Kirsten
Writer:
Ralf Kirsten
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Angelica Domröse as Ursula Hradschek |
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Erik S. Klein as Abel Hradschek |
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Agnes Kraus as Mutter Jeschken |
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Norbert Christian as Pfarrer Eccelius |
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Manfred Karge as Bauer Kunicke |
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Günter Junghans as Bauer Mietzel |
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Gert Gütschow as Müller Quass |
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Heinz Scholz as Dorfschulze Woytasch |
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Hannjo Hasse as Justizrat Vowinkel |
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Jürgen Frohriep as Gendarm Geelhaar |
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Peter Aust as Georg |
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Karla Runkehl as Male |
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Jürgen Holtz as Jakob |
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Matthias Günther as Ede |
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Angelika Waller as Frau Mietzel |
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Hildegard Alex as |
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Ilona Brömmer-Weiß as |
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Jutta Wachowiak as |
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Wolfgang Greese as |
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Leon Niemczyk as |
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Peter Kalisch as |
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Michael Gerber as |
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Kurt Radeke as |
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Karl Maschwitz as |
| Sound | André Asriel | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Inge Kistner | Costume Design |
| Camera | Wolfgang Braumann | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Ralf Kirsten | Director |
| Writing | Werner Beck | Creative Producer |
| Editing | Ursula Zweig | Editor |
| Writing | Ralf Kirsten | Screenplay |
| Directing | Egon Schlegel | Assistant Director |
| Art | Jochen Keller | Production Design |
| Art | Georg Kranz | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brigitte Welzel | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Marie-Luise Krause | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Dieter Lück | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Zucholowsky | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Theodor Fontane | Novel |
| Writing | Brigitte Kirsten | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peter Kuhnert | Makeup Artist |
