Court Martial (1959 film)

Court Martial (German: Kriegsgericht) is a 1959 West German war drama film directed by Kurt Meisel and starring Karlheinz Böhm, Christian Wolff and Hans Nielsen.^[1] It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Albrecht.

Court Martial
Film poster
Directed by	Kurt Meisel
Written by	Will Berthold Heinz Oskar Wuttig
Produced by	Gero Wecker
Starring	Karlheinz Böhm Christian Wolff Hans Nielsen
Cinematography	Georg Krause
Edited by	Wolfgang Wehrum
Music by	Werner Eisbrenner
Production company	Arca-Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Neue Filmverleih
Release date	April 1959 (1959-04)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Karlheinz Böhm as Oberleutnant Düren
• Christian Wolff as Fähnrich Stahmer
• Klaus Kammer as Maat Klaus Hinze
• Hans Nielsen as Dr. Wilhelmi, Defense Lawyer
• Charles Régnier as Schorn, Vorsitzender des Kriegsgerichtes (as Charles Regnier)
• Werner Peters as Brenner, Kriegsgerichtsrat
• Carl Wery as Stahmer sen.
• Herbert Tiede as Paulsen, Kapitän zur See
• Raidar Müller-Elmau as Koch, Brenners Adjutant (as Raidar Müller)
• Martin Benrath as Funk-Offizier Maiers
• Reinhard Kolldehoff as Feldwebel
• Berta Drews as Frau Willmers
• Edith Hancke as Frl. Wehner
• Horst Naumann
• Robert Meyn as Admiral Zirler

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 48
2. "Festival de Cannes: Court Martial". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 14 February 2009.

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

• Court Martial at IMDb