''To the Bitter End'' (german: Bis zur bitteren Neige) is a 1975 West German-Austrian

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directed by

Gerd Oswald Gerd Oswald (June 9, 1919 – May 22, 1989) was a German director of American films and television. Biography Born in Berlin, Oswald was the son of German film director Richard Oswald and actress Käthe Oswald. He worked as a child actor be ...

and starring

Maurice Ronet Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer. Early life Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Rob ...

Suzy Kendall Suzy Kendall (born Freda Harriet Harrison; 1 January 1937 ) is a British retired actress best known for her film roles in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Personal life Born in Belper, Derbyshire, Kendall attended Derby & District College of A ...

and Susanne Uhlen.Goble p.428 It was shot on location around

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Synopsis

A former

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now enjoying a dissolute lifestyle funded by his wealthy wife, is offered a chance for a comeback role in a production about to start shooting.

Cast

as Paul Jordan *

as Joan Jordan * Susanne Uhlen as Shirley Jordan * Christine Wodetzky as Natascha Petrowna * Karl Renar as Mörtl *

Balduin Baas Balduin Baas (9 June 1922 – 22 May 2006) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1956 and 2002. Partial filmography * '' The Captain from Köpenick'' (1956) - Ostpreußischer Grenadier * ' (1956 ...

as Fogosch *

Rudolf Fernau Rudolf Fernau (7 January 1898 – 4 November 1985) was a German film actor. He appeared in 53 films between 1936 and 1982. He was born and died in Munich, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Traitor'' (1936) - Fritz Brockau * '' In the ...

as Schauberg *

Herbert Prikopa Herbert "Happi" Prikopa (30 November 1935 – 8 December 2015) was an Austrian television presenter, Conducting, conductor, operatic tenor, actor, composer, writer, pianist and cabaret artist. Life and career Born in Vienna, in 1935, at the age ...

as Polzfuss * Wolfgang Gasser as Schinzel *

Heinz Marecek The H. J. Heinz Company is an American food processing company headquartered at One PPG Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. Heinz manufactures thousands of food products in plants on six conti ...

as Chuc O'Donovan * Regine Felden-Hatheyer as Anita Smetana * Maria Guttenbrunner as Jeanette Remy * Fritz Goblirsch as Kamera-Assistant * Manfred Spies as Jerry *

Erich Padalewski Erich Padalewski (1930–2018) was an Austrian stage, film and television actor.Schliesser & Moser p.83 Selected filmography * '' Dance with Me Into the Morning'' (1962) * ''Our Crazy Nieces'' (1963) * ''Don't Fool with Me'' (1963) * '' Call of ...

as Lehrer *

Ferdy Mayne Ferdy Mayne (or Ferdie Mayne) (born Ferdinand Philip Mayer-Horckel; 11 March 1916 – 30 January 1998) was a German-British stage and screen actor. Born in Mainz, he emigrated to the United Kingdom in the early 1930s to escape the Nazi regi ...

as Wallace

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1975 films 1975 drama films German drama films West German films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Gerd Oswald Films scored by Klaus Doldinger Austrian drama films Constantin Film films Films shot in Vienna Films set in Vienna Films about filmmaking 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub