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Duel with Death
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Wikipedia article
'Duel with Death' (German: 'Duell mit dem Tod') is a 1949 Austrian war drama film directed by Paul May and starring Rolf von Nauckhoff, Annelies Reinhold, and Fritz Hinz-Fabricius.Fritsche p.49 The film portrays the Austrian resistance to Nazi Germany during the Second World War.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Pischinger.
It premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in July 1949 before going on general release in Austria that December.
Synopsis
A Professor is brought before an Allied military court to explain apparently incriminating evidence against him. This gives him a chance to recount what really happened during the war years.
Cast
* Rolf von Nauckhoff as Dr. Ernst Romberg
* Annelies Reinhold as Maria Romberg
* Fritz Hinz-Fabricius as Pfarrer Menhardt
* Hans Dreler as Defense lawyer Dr. Hallmann
* Louis V. Arco as Gerichtsvorsitzender
* Ernst Waldbrunn as Franz Lang
* Maria Eis as Frau Lang
* Erich Auer as Geisler
* Martin King as Ziegler
* Manfred Schuster as Beierle
* Hannes Schiel as Rainer, Standartenfhrer der SS
* Josef Krastel as Kaindl
* Emmerich Schrenk as Dietz, Sturmfhrer der SS
* Otto Schmle as Prsident des deutschen Feldkriegsgerichts
* Ulrich Bettac
* Erich Drner
* Heinz Moog
References
Bibliography
* Fritsche, Maria. 'Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity'. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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