''The Fair'' (german: Kirmes) is a 1960 West German

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directed by Wolfgang Staudte. It was entered into the

10th Berlin International Film Festival The 10th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 24 June to 5 July 1960. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Spanish film ''El Lazarillo de Tormes'' directed by César Fernández Ardavín. Jury The following people were announc ...

where

Juliette Mayniel Juliette Mayniel (born 22 January 1936) is a French actress. She appeared in more than 30 films and television shows between 1958 and 1978. At the 10th Berlin International Film Festival, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her role i ...

won the

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Cast

as Annette *

Götz George Götz George (; 23 July 1938 – 19 June 2016) was a German actor, the son of actor couple Berta Drews and Heinrich George. His arguably best-known role is that of Duisburg detective Horst Schimanski in the TV crime series ''Tatort''. Early lif ...

as Robert Mertens *

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as Paul Mertens *

Wolfgang Reichmann Wolfgang Reichmann (7 January 1932 – 7 May 1991) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 60 films and television shows between 1954 and 1991. He starred in the film '' The Fair'', which was entered into the 10th Berlin International Fi ...

as Georg Höchert * Manja Behrens as Martha Mertens * Fritz Schmiedel as Priest *

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as Eva Schumann * Elisabeth Goebel as Wirtin Balthausen *

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as Wirt Balthausen *

Irmgard Kleber Irmgard is a feminine German given name. Notable people with the name include: * Irmgard of Berg (fl. 12th century), German noble, daughter of Adolf VI, Count of Berg * Irmgard of Chiemsee (c. 831/833 – 16 July 866) * Irmgard of Cleves (c. 1307 ...

as Else Mertens *

Hansi Jochmann Hansi Jochmann (born 19 February 1953) is a German actress. She appeared in more than seventy films since 1960. She is the German dubbing voice of Jodie Foster Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress ...

as Erika *

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as Gertrud

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* 1960 films 1960 drama films West German films 1960s German-language films German drama films German black-and-white films Films directed by Wolfgang Staudte Films about Nazi Germany Films set in 1944 Films set in 1959 1960s German films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub