''Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti'' (German: ''Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti'') is a 1960 Austrian

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directed by

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and starring

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and Maria Emo. It was made at the

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-controlled

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. Production began in 1955, but wasn't completed until 1960. The film is based on the 1948

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Cast

as Johannes Puntila *

as Matti Altonen * Maria Emo as Eva Puntila *

Erika Pelikowsky Erika may refer to: Arts and Entertainment * Hayasaka Erika (''Megatokyo)'' * Erika (''Friends'') * Erika (''Pokémon'') * Erika (''Underworld'') * Erika Itsumi ''(Girls und Panzer)'' * ''Erika'' (film), a 1971 Italian thriller film * "E ...

as Sandra * Yelena Polevitskaya as Sandra Klinckmann * Inge Holzleitner as Fina *

Dorothea Neff Dorothea Neff (21 February 1903 – 27 July 1986) was a Vienna stage actress during the 1930s. Neff helped hide her Jewish friend Lilli Wolff, after she received resettlement orders from the Nazis to leave Vienna. To confuse the Gestapo, Neff wrote ...

as Pröbstin * Elfriede Irrall as Lisu * Edith Prager as Manda * Erland Erlandsen as L'attaché *

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as Josef, Apotheker *

Otto Schmöle Otto Schmöle (1890–1968) was a German actor. Filmography Bibliography * Kulik, Karol. ''Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles''. Virgin Books, 1990. External links * 1890 births 1968 deaths German male film actors Actors fr ...

as Richter *

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as Bibelius *

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as Advokat * Fritz Heller as Minister * Gaby Banschenbach as Laina * Josef Gmeinder as Arzt * Aladar Kunrad as Polizeioberst *

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as Probst *

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as Dentist *

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as Schmuggler-Emma *

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* 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

* 1960 films 1960 comedy films Austrian comedy-drama films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Alberto Cavalcanti Austrian films based on plays Films based on works by Bertolt Brecht Films set in Finland German comedy-drama films Films shot at Rosenhügel Studios 1960s German films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub