''The Conquest of the Citadel'' (german: Die Eroberung der Zitadelle) is a 1977 West German

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

Bernhard Wicki Bernhard Wicki (28 October 1919 – 5 January 2000) was an Austrian actor and film director. Life and career Wicki studied in the city of Breslau such topics as art history, history and German literature. In 1938, he transferred to the d ...

. It was entered into the

27th Berlin International Film Festival The 27th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 24 June – 5 July 1977. The festival opened with ''Nickelodeon'' by Peter Bogdanovich. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Soviet Union film '' The Ascent'' directed by Larisa Shep ...

Cast

András Fricsay Kali Son András () is a Hungarian masculine given name, the Hungarian form of ''Andrew''. Notable people with the name include: * András Ádám-Stolpa (born 1921), Hungarian tennis player * András Adorján (born 1950), Hungarian writer * András Ágo ...

as Hermann Brucker * Antonia Reininghaus as Alessandra *

Armando Brancia Armando Brancia (9 September 1917 – 20 June 1997) was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Naples, Brancia started his acting career at a mature age playing some minor roles in several RAI TV-series. His breakout c ...

as Rodolfo Battipana *

Dieter Kirchlechner Dieter or dieter may refer to: * A person committed to dieting People Dieter is a German given name (), a short form of Dietrich, from ''theod+ric'' "people ruler", see Theodoric. Given name *Dieter Althaus (born 1958), German politician * ...

as Niccolo Battipana *

Ivan Desny Ivan Desny (born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitskij; 28 December 1922 – 13 April 2002) was a Chinese-born actor of Russian descent. Early life Desny was born in Peking, China. Career Desny was a film actor. Bilingual in French and German, he acted ...

as Faconi * Kostas Papanastasiou as Yamalakis *

Kurt Mergenthal Kurt is a male given name of Germanic or Turkish origin. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and i ...

as Iker *

Vittoria Di Silverio Vittoria Di Silverio, also known as Maria Vittoria Ghirighini, was an Italian film, television, and stage actress. She was best known for her roles in films such as ''L'homme orchestre'' (1969) and ''The Conquest of the Citadel'' (1977). Biograp ...

as Rosa Battipana *

Assunta De Maggi The Assumption of Mary is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII defined it in 1950 in his apostolic constitution ''Munificentissimus Deus'' as follows: We proclaim and define it to be a dogma revealed by Go ...

as Sophia *

Elena De Maggi Elena may refer to: People * Elena (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name * Joan Ignasi Elena (born 1968), Catalan politician * Francine Elena (born 1986), British poet Geography * Elena (town), a town in Velik ...

as Lucia

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* 1977 films 1977 drama films German drama films West German films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Bernhard Wicki Films based on German novels Films set in Italy 1970s German films {{1970s-drama-film-stub