| Utz | |
| Director: | George Sluizer |
| Producer: | John Goldschmidt |
| Starring: | Armin Mueller-Stahl Brenda Fricker Peter Riegert Paul Scofield |
| Music: | Nicola Piovani |
| Cinematography: | Gérard Vandenberg |
| Editing: | Lin Friedman |
| Studio: | Viva Pictures NDR BBC Films Academy Pictures |
| Distributor: | Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany) Viva Pictures (United Kingdom) |
| Runtime: | 98 minutes |
| Country: | Germany Italy United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Utz is a 1992 drama film directed by George Sluizer, produced by John Goldschmidt and starring Brenda Fricker, Peter Riegert and Armin Mueller-Stahl. Mueller-Stahl won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
The film is based on the 1988 novel Utz by Bruce Chatwin, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
An art dealer goes to Prague after the death of a friend, Baron von Utz, to obtain the Baron's priceless Meissen porcelain collection. He meets an old friend, Orlik, who tells him about the Baron's past while he struggles to discover what happened to the collection.