Grandstand for General Staff (1953 film) explained

Grandstand for General Staff

Native Name:

Director:

Ernst Marischka

Starring:

Annemarie Düringer
Adrienne Gessner
Hans Holt

Cinematography:

Studio:

Vindobona-Filmproduktion

Distributor:

Sascha Film
Bavaria Film (West Germany)

Runtime:

100 minutes

Country:

Austria

Language:

German

Grandstand for General Staff (German: Der Feldherrnhügel) is a 1953 Austrian comedy film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Annemarie Düringer, Adrienne Gessner and Hans Holt.^[1]

It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.

Cast

Annemarie Düringer as Countess Julia Kopsch-Grantignan
Adrienne Gessner as Countess Kopsch-Grantignan, her mother
Hans Holt as First lieutenant Geza von Hajos
Harry Hardt as Captain von Mirkowitsch
Susi Nicoletti as Mrs. von Mirkowitsch
Paul Hörbiger as Colonel von Leuckfeld
Loni Heuser as his wife
Fred Liewehr as Erzherzog Karl Viktor
Wolfgang Lukschy as aide-de-camp von Lützelburg
Rolf Möbius as Duke Karl Eberhard
Alfred Neugebauer as Excellency von Hechendorf
Svet Petrovich as Colonel Esterhazy
Karl Schwetter as First lieutenant Riedl, Adjutant
Franz Böheim as Ulan Nepalek
Heinz Conrads as Ulan Lamatsch
Ernst Waldbrunn as Ulan Kunitschek
Richard Romanowsky as Swoboda, district governor
Fritz Imhoff as Sergeant Koruga
Gretl Schörg as Frau von Lamasy
Fred Heller as regimental medic

See also

Grandstand for General Staff (1926)
Grandstand for General Staff (1932)

Notes and References

Book: Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men In Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books. Film Europa. 2013. 246. 978-0857459459. j.ctt9qcvz8.