Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti

Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1960)

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This first film adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s play about class distinctions was made in 1955 in the Vienna Rosenhügel studios, but it was only premiered five years later. Curt Bois plays the rich capitalist Puntila who only becomes somewhat agreeable when he is drunk (which he is most of the time in this film). In his inebriated state, Puntila not only gets amorously involved with three different ladies but also suggests that his daughter Eva marries his chauffeur Matti. The chauffeur, however, doesn’t really agree…

Director: Alberto Cavalcanti
Writer: Alberto Cavalcanti

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	Curt Bois as Johannes Puntila
	Heinz Engelmann as Matti Altonen
	Maria Emo as Eva Puntila
	Erika Pelikowsky as Sandra
	Inge Holzleitner as Fina
	Dorothea Neff as Pröpstin
	Elfriede Irrall as Lisu
	Edith Klinger as Manda
	Erland Erlandsen as Attaché
	Karl Skraup as Pharmacist Josef
	Otto Schmöle as Richter
	Otto Wögerer as Bibelius
	Max Brod as Lawyer
	Fritz Heller as Minister
	Gaby Banschenbach as Laina
	Josef Gmeinder as Doctor
	Aladar Kunrad as Police Colonel
	Fritz Links as Provost
	Armand Ozory as Dentist
	Elisabeth Stiepl as Smuggler Emma
	Peter Sturm as
	Robert Werner as Journalist
	Mela Wigandt as Pharmacist

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