Intrigue and Love (film)

Intrigue and Love (German: Kabale und Liebe) is a 1959 East German historical drama film directed by Martin Hellberg and starring Wolf Kaiser, Otto Mellies and Marion Van de Kamp.[1] The film was made by the East German state-owned DEFA studio. It is an adaptation of Friedrich Schiller's 1784 play Intrigue and Love.

Intrigue and Love
Directed byMartin Hellberg
Produced byPaul Ramacher
Written by
Starring
Music byWilhelm Neef
CinematographyKarl Plintzner
Edited byUrsula Rudzki
Production
company
Release date
1959
Running time
111 minutes
CountryEast Germany
LanguageGerman

The film's sets were designed by the art director Harald Horn.

Plot

Ferdinand is an army major and son of President von Walter, while Luise Miller is the daughter of a middle-class musician. They fall in love with each other, but both their fathers urge them to end the affair.

Cast

  • Wolf Kaiser as Präsident von Walter
  • Otto Mellies as Ferdinand, sein Sohn
  • Marion Van de Kamp as Lady Milford
  • Willi Schwabe as Hofmarschall von Kalb
  • Martin Hellberg as Miller, Stadtmusikant
  • Marianne Wünscher as seine Frau
  • Karola Ebeling as Luise, seine Tochter
  • Uwe-Jens Pape as Wurm, Haussekretär des Präsidenten
  • Hans Finohr as Kammerdiener
  • Christine Schwarze as Sophie, Kammerjungfer
  • Waltraud Backmann as Hofdame
  • Fredy Barten as 1. Hofherr
  • Hildegard Distelmann as Witwe
  • Wilhelm Otto Eckhardt as Minister und Hofherr
  • Hans Feldner
  • Horst Giese as Rebell
  • Max Klingberg as Gefängniswärter
  • Sepp Klose as 1. Reiterknecht
  • Otto Krone as Geheimer
  • Alexander Papendiek as Rebell
  • Linde Sommer
  • Doris Thalmer
  • Nico Turoff as Hofherr
  • Ilse Voigt as Bürgerin
  • Lisa Wehn as Alte Frau
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References

  1. Goble p. 483

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.


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