''Mich dürstet'' is 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 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

film. The film was directed by Austrian socialist filmmaker

Karl Paryla Karl Paryla (1905–1996) was an Austrian theater actor and director, and later a film maker as well. A lifelong, dedicated communist, his career in the Austrian theater was first interrupted by the Second World War, and then strained by Cold War ...

for the state-owned

DEFA DEFA (''Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft'') was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) throughout the country's existence. Since 2019, DEFA's film heritage has been made accessible and licensable on the PRO ...

film studio. It was released in 1956. The film was based on a 1946 short story by Walter Gorrisch, "Um Spaniens Freiheit" (a story about the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

); Gorrisch also wrote the screenplay.

Cast

Edwin Marian The name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the Old English elements "ead" (rich, blessed) and "ƿine" (friend). The original Anglo-Saxon form is Eadƿine, which is also found for Anglo-Saxon figures. People * Edwin of Northumbria (died ...

- Pablo * Isabell Carenato - Magdalena *

Harry Hindemith Harry Hindemith (16 June 1906 – 21 January 1973) was a German actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1944 to 1973. Filmography References External links * 1906 births 1973 deaths German male film actors {{Germany ...

- Taga * Uwe-Jens Pape - Carlos * Maria Wendt - Pilar * Curt Paulus - Jacinto * Gert Beinemann - Pedro Bernardo *

Rolf Ludwig Rolf Ludwig (28 July 1925 – 27 March 1999) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1952 to 1997. Selected filmography References External links * 1925 births 1999 deaths Male actors from Stockholm Germ ...

- Cerefino * Harald Jopt - Lopez * Charles Hans Vogt - Rodriguez * Karl Block - Baptiste * Friedrich Wolf - Gustavo *

Elfriede Florin Elfriede Florin (26 March 1912 – 7 March 2006) was a German actress who was popular in the 1950s and 1960s, and is best known for featuring in the 1958 film ''Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' ( , ) is a French historical novel by Vict ...

- Barbara * Else Korén - Rosita * Rolf Ripperger - Edgar

External links

* 1956 films East German films 1950s German-language films Spanish Civil War films 1950s German films German war drama films 1950s war drama films German black-and-white films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub