Trotta (film)

Trotta is a 1971 West German film directed by Johannes Schaaf. It is based on the 1938 novel Die Kapuzinergruft (The Emperor's Tomb) by Austrian author Joseph Roth. It was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 45th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not receive a nomination.^[1][2] It was also entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.^[3]

Trotta
Directed by	Johannes Schaaf
Written by	Joseph Roth Johannes Schaaf Maximilian Schell
Starring	András Bálint
Cinematography	Wolfgang Treu
Edited by	Dagmar Hirtz
Production companies	Independent Film Johannes Schaff Productions
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	16 November 1971 (1971-11-16)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Cast

• András Bálint - Trotta
• Elma Bulla
• Rosemarie Fendel - Almarin
• István Iglódi
• Doris Kunstmann - Elisabeth Kovacs
• Tamás Major
• Liliana Nelska
• Mari Törőcsik

See also

• List of submissions to the 45th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. H. G. Pflaum. "On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film". German Films. Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
2. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
3. "Festival de Cannes: Trotta". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-15.

External links

• Trotta at IMDb