Castles and Cottages (1957)

Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, after the end of the war, the land of the count gets divided amongst the farmers, Anton receives a piece and hopes to be able to work freely. But an old debt and intrigue keep Anton and his family from finding peace. The farmers of the village begin to discover their own power when Annegret, Anton's daughter, leaves. Is a new beginning possible for Anton? This film paints an impressive panorama of the development of a minor village in Mecklenburg from the end of the war to the uprising of 17 June 1953.

Cast (60)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Raimund Schelcher

Krummer Anton

Erika Dunkelmann

Marthe

Karla Runkehl

Annegret

Erwin Geschonneck

estate inspector Bröker

Harry Hindemith

Kalle Buddenboom

Helga Göring

Christel Sikura

W

Wilhelm Puchert

Jens Voss

A

Angelika Hurwicz

Hede

Dieter Perlwitz

Klimm

H

Hans Finohr

old Sikura

Marga Legal

Elisabeth Bröker

Lotte Loebinger

old Sikura

K

Kurt Dunkelmann

Wittig

E

Ekkehard Schall

Ekkehart

O

Otto Saltzmann

Paderski

O

Otto Krone

Palm

Erich Franz

man with leather jacket

Hans Klering

Bräuning

Ulrich Thein

agronomist

Gustav Püttjer

postman

Paul R. Henker

pastor Popp

Horst Kube

drunk lad

Ellen Plessow

aunt

Traute Sense

Countess von Holzendorf

M

Martha Beschort-Diez

Mrs. Wittig

B

Barbara Berg

Ute Wittig

M

Maria Wendt

Helene Klimm

H

Heinz Kögel

Count of Holzendorf

A

Annelise Matschulat

Mrs. Palm

H

Hans W. Hamacher

Brother-in-law of Bräuning

L

Ludwig Sachs

old farmer

A

Albert Zahn

Karsten

Karl Kendzia

farmer Mallmann

Karl Brenk

farmer Kanne

H

Hermann Wagemann

Farmer Weigant

H

Herbert Rüdiger

farmer Einsiedel

Gertrud Brendler

mrs. Paderski

D

Ditha Cullmann

mrs. Fritsching

Paul Pfingst

Fritsching

A

Alexander Papendiek

soviet lieutenant

U

Ursula Weiss

maid

Maria Besendahl

Ollsch Voss

Elfriede Florin

mrs. Heber

J

Jean Brahn

cook / man on the wheel of fortune

U

Ursula Mundt

Magd

Jochen Thomas

large farmer

Leonhard Ritter

large farmer

L

Liska Merbach

A Lady

Werner Senftleben

Voigt

K

Karl-Heinz Weiss

farmer

F

Frank Michelis

farmer

K

Käte Alving

peasant woman

E

Else Sanden

peasant woman

P

Peter A. Stiege

commissioner in civilian clothes

E

Einar List

Annegret's boy

U

Ursula Blank

refugee woman

U

Ursula Röschmann

refugee woman

Waltraut Kramm

refugee woman

G

Grete Carlsohn

refugee woman

Hela Gruel

refugee woman

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