''Johannes Kepler'' is a 1974 East German

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by Frank Vogel and starring Reimar J. Baur, Trude Bechmann and

Kurt Böwe Kurt Böwe (28 April 1929 – 14 June 2000) was a German actor. He appeared in more than ninety films from 1962 to 2000. Selected filmography References External links * 1929 births 2000 deaths German male film actors {{Ge ...

. It is a

biopic A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...

of the German astronomer and mathematician

Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler (; ; 27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630) was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music. He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws ...

.Ivanova p.187

Cast

* Reimar J. Baur as Johannes Kepler * Trude Bechmann as

Katharina Kepler Katharina Kepler (née: Guldenmann; 1546 – 13 April 1622) was a woman from Stuttgart, Württemberg, who was the mother of the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler. She was accused of witchcraft in 1615, but was defended by her son and released. Li ...

– Mutter *

Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe ( ; born Tyge Ottesen Brahe; generally called Tycho (14 December 154624 October 1601) was a Danish astronomer, known for his comprehensive astronomical observations, generally considered to be the most accurate of his time. He was k ...

* Karin Gregorek as Margarete Kepler – Schwester *

Katharina Thalbach Katharina Thalbach (; actually ''Katharina Joachim genannt Thalbach''; born 19 January 1954) is a German actress and stage director. She played theatre at the Berliner Ensemble and at the Volksbühne Berlin, and was actress in the film ''The T ...

as Ursula Haller *

Arno Wyzniewski Arno Wyzniewski (9 October 1938 - 14 September 1997) was an East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 Octobe ...

as Vogt Aulber * Martin Trettau as Pater Paul Guldin * Günther Grabbert as Oswald Gabelkofer * Dieter Franke as Pfarrer Binder *

Rolf Hoppe Rolf Hoppe (6 December 1930 – 14 November 2018) was a prolific German stage, cinema, and television actor, who played in more than 400 films in a career which spanned over six decades. To international audiences Hoppe is perhaps best known f ...

as Emperor Rudolf II. * Manfred Zetzsche as Ernst von Köln * Friedo Solter as Lucas Leyser * Friedrich Richter as

Michael Maestlin Michael Maestlin (also Mästlin, Möstlin, or Moestlin) (30 September 1550 – 26 October 1631) was a German astronomer and mathematician, known for being the mentor of Johannes Kepler. He was a student of Philipp Apian and was known as the tea ...

* Käthe Reichel as Frau Haller *

Eva-Maria Hagen Eva-Maria Hagen (; ; 19 October 1934 – 16 August 2022) was a German actress and singer. She was known as the "Brigitte Bardot of the GDR" but was banned from performance for political reasons. Life Hagen was born Eva-Maria Buchholz in Köl ...

as Ursula Reinbold 'Reinboldin' *

Barbara Dittus Barbara Dittus (11 July 1939 – 25 June 2001) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than ninety films from 1959 to 2001. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dittus, Barbara 1939 births 2001 death ...

as Stadtwächterfrau *

Günter Schubert Günter Schubert (18 April 1938 – 2 January 2008) was a German actor and voice actor. His son Alexander Schubert is also an actor. He was born in Weißwasser and died in Berlin. Filmography * 1966: '' Die Söhne der großen Bärin'' * 1972: ...

as Stadtwächter * Gerd Ehlers as Verteidiger Rueff *

Fred Delmare Werner Vorndran (24 April 1922 – 1 May 2009), known professionally as Fred Delmare, was a German actor. Life and work Werner Vorndran was the son of a carpenter and a seamstress and grew up in Hüttensteinach at Sonneberg in Thuringia, wh ...

as Beutelsbacher * Erik S. Klein as Vogt Einhorn * Carl Heinz Choynski as Herr Schmidt * Gert Gütschow as Kammerdiener Lange *

Hannjo Hasse Hannjo Hasse (31 August 1921 – 5 February 1983) was an East German actor. Biography Hasse began studying acting in 1938, and attended Lily Ackermann's Institute for Stage Artists' Education in Berlin. At 1941, he was drafted for the Labour Ser ...

as Oberkontrolleur * Jörg Panknin as Stadtknecht * Ernst Meincke as Jüngerer Stadtknecht * Thomas Langhoff as Dr. Jessenius * Hartmut Beer as Älterer Stadtknecht * Sadegh Shabaviz as Katholischer Hauptmann * Heinz Hupfer as Goldschmied * Mary-Edith Schreiber as Frau des Goldschmieds * Jan Bereska as Gerichtsknecht * Jörg Knochée as Gerichtsschreiber *

Carmen-Maja Antoni Carmen-Maja Antoni (born 23 August 1945, in Berlin) is a German actress. Life Carmen-Maja Antoni was born into the chaos that followed the Second World War. Her father, Pedro Antoni, was an artist who left the family scene soon after she wa ...

as Gerichtsmagd * Günter Junghans as Longomontanus * Thomas Wolff as Tengnagel * Hellena Büttner as Ulla – Tychos dänische Magd *

Karla Runkehl Karla Runkehl (7 November 1930 - 24 December 1986) was an East German actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1950 to 1986. Selected filmography References External links * 1930 births 1986 deaths German film actresses ...

as Kristina Barbara Brahe – Tychos Frau * Sybille Schmidt as Elisabeth Brahe – Tychos Tochter *

Werner Dissel Werner Friedrich Dissel (26 August 1912 – 22 January 2003) was a Germans, German actor, director, and German resistance to Nazism, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime. Biography Dissel's began working as a newspaper photographer in the ...

as Richter * Anja Steinert as Frau Schmidt * Peter Hill as Schreiber von Gabelkofer * Axel Werner as Wächter * Gerd Funk as Jost Bürgi * Michael Gerber as Unterkontrolleur * Jan Spitzer as Ursinus * Marietta Grünwald as Schöne Frau * Kiril Popov as Reiteroberst * Jörg Gillner as Junger Jesuit * Wolfgang Greese as Andreas Schnabel

References

Bibliography

* Mariana Ivanova. ''Cinema of Collaboration: DEFA Coproductions and International Exchange in Cold War Europe''. Berghahn Books, 2019.

External links

* 1974 films 1970s biographical drama films 1970s historical drama films German biographical drama films German historical drama films East German films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Frank Vogel Films set in the 17th century Biographical films about mathematicians Biographical films about scientists 1974 drama films 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub