West German Robber's Pistol with the two BAFTA AWARD nominees Maria Schell and Curd Jürgens
Freshly flown in from Hollywood, where she had just filmed "The Hanging Tree" with Gary Cooper, BAMBI AWARD winner Maria Schell can be seen here as Julchen, who knows how to sing so beautifully about Schinderhannes:
This is Schinderhannes, the ragamuffin, the gallows rope, every man's terror and also the woman piece.
This Schinderhannes, who was active as a robber captain in the Hunsrück during the Napoleonic occupation, is given by the "Norman wardrobe" (that was his well-known nickname) Curd Jürgens. ACADEMY AWARD nominee Helmut Käutner directed this colorful and thoroughly entertaining film.
It tells the life of Johannes Bückler, who rises to become a robber captain in the Hunsrück, who steals from the rich and shares in his loot from the poor. Allegedly! This Schinderhannes is so charismatic that his lovers (e.g. Eva Pflug as shepherd Ammi) scratch each other's eyes out. But even a dashing aristocrat like Carl von Cleve-Boost (excellent as always: Christian Wolff) joins the band of robbers out of idealism. Of course there are also many opponents and envious people ("The Old Fox" Siegfried Lowitz). Everything will be fine at the side of Julchen, who becomes the great love of his life. Think...
With a wonderful touch of dialect, the piece by Carl Zuckmayer is presented in very beautiful pictures from the Rhine Palatinate and Mainz. A classic worth seeing that also benefits from the strong cast!
Freshly flown in from Hollywood, where she had just filmed "The Hanging Tree" with Gary Cooper, BAMBI AWARD winner Maria Schell can be seen here as Julchen, who knows how to sing so beautifully about Schinderhannes:
This is Schinderhannes, the ragamuffin, the gallows rope, every man's terror and also the woman piece.
This Schinderhannes, who was active as a robber captain in the Hunsrück during the Napoleonic occupation, is given by the "Norman wardrobe" (that was his well-known nickname) Curd Jürgens. ACADEMY AWARD nominee Helmut Käutner directed this colorful and thoroughly entertaining film.
It tells the life of Johannes Bückler, who rises to become a robber captain in the Hunsrück, who steals from the rich and shares in his loot from the poor. Allegedly! This Schinderhannes is so charismatic that his lovers (e.g. Eva Pflug as shepherd Ammi) scratch each other's eyes out. But even a dashing aristocrat like Carl von Cleve-Boost (excellent as always: Christian Wolff) joins the band of robbers out of idealism. Of course there are also many opponents and envious people ("The Old Fox" Siegfried Lowitz). Everything will be fine at the side of Julchen, who becomes the great love of his life. Think...
With a wonderful touch of dialect, the piece by Carl Zuckmayer is presented in very beautiful pictures from the Rhine Palatinate and Mainz. A classic worth seeing that also benefits from the strong cast!