Auferstehung (1958)
Directed by Rolf Hansen

Drama

Film Synopsis

Towards the end of the 19th century, the Russian prince Dimitri Nekhlioudov leads a superficial and mundane existence.  He is appointed a juror at the trial of a woman he recognises as Katioucha, whom he once seduced and abandoned after getting her pregnant.  Troubled by his conscience, Nekhlioudov finds a replacement juror.  Even though she is innocent, Katioucha is found guilty and deported to Siberia.  Guilt-stricken, Nekhlioudov follows her and repeatedly begs her to marry him, but she refuses...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Rolf Hansen
  • Script: Renato Castellani, Juliane Kay, Leo Tolstoy (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Franz Weihmayr
  • Music: Mark Lothar
  • Cast: Horst Buchholz (Nechljudoff), Myriam Bru (Katjuschka), Edith Mill (Fedosia), Ruth Niehaus (Missy), Lea Massari (Marja Pawlowna), Marisa Merlini (Bockowa), Günther Lüders (Briefträger), Jean Murat (Gerichtsvorsitzender), Robert Freitag (Simonson), Gabrielle Dorziat (Kitajewa), Til Kiwe (Taras), Antonio Cifariello (Chenbeck), Rudolf Rhomberg (Smjelkoff), Elisabeth Flickenschildt (Agrafena), Ernst Schröder (Der Gouverneur), Lina Carstens (Matrjona), Adrienne Gessner (Tante Sonja), Alma Seidler (Tante Marja), Ernst Fritz Fürbringer (Oberst), Georg Lehn (Kartinkin)
  • Country: West Germany / Italy / France
  • Language: German
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 106 min

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