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Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (German: Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti) is a 1960 Austrian comedy film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Curt Bois, Heinz Engelmann and Maria Emo.[1] It was made at the Soviet-controlled Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. Production began in 1955, but wasn't completed until 1960.[2] The film is based on the 1948 play of the same name by Bertolt Brecht.[3]

Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
German poster
Directed by	Alberto Cavalcanti
Written by	Bertolt Brecht (play) Hella Wuolijoki Alberto Cavalcanti Vladimir Pozner Ruth Wieden
Produced by	Heinrich Bauer Herbert Kollmann
Starring	Curt Bois Heinz Engelmann Maria Emo
Cinematography	André Bac
Edited by	Josef Juvancic
Music by	Hanns Eisler
Production companies	Heinrich Bauer-Film Wien-Film
Distributed by	Sascha-Verleih
Release date	21 October 1960 (1960-10-21)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

Cast

• Curt Bois as Johannes Puntila
• Heinz Engelmann as Matti Altonen
• Maria Emo as Eva Puntila
• Erika Pelikowsky as Sandra
• Yelena Polevitskaya as Sandra Klinckmann
• Inge Holzleitner as Fina
• Dorothea Neff as Pröbstin
• Elfriede Irrall as Lisu
• Edith Prager as Manda
• Erland Erlandsen as L'attaché
• Karl Skraup as Josef, Apotheker
• Otto Schmöle as Richter
• Otto Wögerer as Bibelius
• Max Brod as Advokat
• Fritz Heller as Minister
• Gaby Banschenbach as Laina
• Josef Gmeinder as Arzt
• Aladar Kunrad as Polizeioberst
• Fritz Links as Probst
• Armand Ozory as Dentist
• Elisabeth Stiepl as Schmuggler-Emma
• Peter Sturm
• Robert Werner as Journalist
• Mela Wigandt as Apothekerin

References

Bibliography

• Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

• Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti at IMDb

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