Success (1991)
For fans of history, this glimpse of Munich society in the 1920s will be a much-treasured event. The story revolves around an art-gallery manager who puts on a show featuring the scandalous works of a woman artist who committed suicide. He is unjustly accused of having committed adultery with her, and for some reason the authorities decide to make an example of him. He is imprisoned at about the same time that Hitler and the nascent Nazi party attempt the infamous Beer Hall Putsch, and the gallery manager's girlfriend and a Swiss writer valiantly (and unsuccessfully) attempt to get better justice for him. Nobody in authority, it seems, has the courage to take up the challenge of righting this particular injustice.
Director: Franz Seitz Junior
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Bruno Ganz as Jacques Tüverlin |
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Franziska Walser as Johanna Krain |
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Peter Simonischek as Dr. Martin Krüger |
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Mathieu Carrière as Erich Bornhaak |
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Manfred Zapatka as Kaspar Pröckl |
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Thomas Holtzmann as Dr. Franz Flaucher |
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Jutta Speidel as Katharina von Radolny |
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Gerd Anthoff as Paul Hessreither |
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Günter Mack as Förtsch |
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Dietrich Mattausch as Dr. Hartl - Amtsgerichtspräsident |
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Toni Berger as Baron Reindl |
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Gustl Bayrhammer as Vorsitzender Disziplinarausschuß |
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Wilfried Klaus as Staatsanwalt |
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Anton Feichtner as Franz-Xaver Ratzenberger |
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Elfriede Kuzmany as Mathilde Berath |
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Werner Asam as Nazi-Ortsgruppenleiter |
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Anouschka Renzi as Fräulein Sernau |
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Hansi Kraus as Hillinger |
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Willy Harlander as Lechner |
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Udo Thomer as Bäcker Gierl |
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Bernhard Wicki as Bichler |
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Ernst Jacobi as Dr. Siegbert Geier |
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Martin Benrath as Dr. Otto Klenk |
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Heide Ackermann as Walburga Ratzenberger |
| Directing | Franz Seitz Junior | Director |
| Writing | Lion Feuchtwanger | Novel |
| Writing | Franz Seitz Junior | Writer |
