''Mathias Sandorf'' is a 1979 historical

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based on the Jules Verne novel of the same title.Bock & Bergfelder p.85 A co-production between France, Hungary, Italy and West Germany it debuted on West Germany's

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in December 1979 before receiving a French broadcast the following year.

Partial cast

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as Mathias Sandorf * Amadeus August as Étienne Bathory * Ivan Desny as Ladislaus Zathmary *

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as Rena Sandorf * Monika Peitsch as Gertrud Toronthal * Jacques Breuer as Pierre Bathory * Sissy Höfferer as Sava Toronthal * Marie-Christine Demarest as Clara Bathory * Claude Giraud as Silas Toronthal

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0134252 1979 German television series debuts 1979 German television series endings 1980 French television series debuts 1980 French television series endings French-language television shows German-language television shows Films based on Mathias Sandorf Television shows based on works by Jules Verne