Man on Horseback
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Man on Horseback is a 1969 German drama film
directed by Volker Schlöndorff
based on a novel by Heinrich Von Kleist
. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival
.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff is a Berlin-based German filmmaker who has worked in Germany, France and the United States...
based on a novel by Heinrich Von Kleist
Heinrich von Kleist
Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist was a poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer. The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize for German literature, is named after him.- Life :...
. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival
1969 Cannes Film Festival
The 22nd Cannes Film Festival was held on May 8 - 23, 1969. At this festival a new non-competitive section called "Directors' Fortnight" is added, in response to the cancellation of the 1968 festival.-Jury:*Luchino Visconti...
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- Elisabeth Kohlhaas - Thomas Holtzmann - Martin Luther
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- Peter - Tim Ray - Tony
- Ivan Palúch - Stern (as Ivan Palluch)
- Emanuel Schmied - Verwalter
- Erich Aberle - Bürgermeister
- Zdenek Kryzánek - 1. Jurist
- Karel Krisanek - 2. Jurist