Der Cornet (1955)
The romantic love and heroic death of a young cornet who rode into battle against the Turks in the mid-17th century. Based on Rainer Maria Rilke’s "The Ballad of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke".
Director: Walter Reisch
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Wolfgang Preiss as Freiherr von Pirovano |
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Peter van Eyck as Mönchschreiber |
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Benno Sterzenbach as Rittmeister Reningen |
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Fritz Rasp as Großwesir |
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Eduard Köck as Falkenier |
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Anita Björk as Gräfin von Zathmar |
| Directing | Walter Reisch | Director |