The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye (German: Hochwürden drückt ein Auge zu) is a 1971 West German comedy film directed by Harald Vock and starring Roy Black, Uschi Glas and Georg Thomalla.[1] It was followed by a 1972 sequel Always Trouble with the Reverend.
| The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye | |
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| Directed by | Harald Vock |
| Written by | Harald Vock |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Heinz Hölscher |
| Edited by | Eva Zeyn |
| Music by | Gerhard Heinz |
Production company | Divina-Film |
| Distributed by | Gloria Film |
Release date | 26 November 1971 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
It was partly shot on location around Lake Wörthersee in the Austrian state of Carinthia.[citation needed]
Synopsis edit
A well-meaning priest gets himself into a number of scrapes.
Cast edit
- Roy Black as Michael Springer
- Uschi Glas as Barbara Jansen
- Georg Thomalla as Pfarrer Himmelreich
- Peter Weck as Thomas Springer
- Fritz Eckhardt as Bischof
- Heinz Reincke as Alfred
- Hans Tügel as Kapitän Jansen
- Elisabeth Felchner as Mathilde
- Erik Frey as Bürgermeister
- Alexander Grill as Bus-Chauffeur
- Elisabeth Stiepl as Frau Bürgermeister
- Guido Wieland as Jochen
- Norbert Kammil
- Johann Sklenka as Matrose
- Myriam Dreifuss as Röschen
- Felix Dvorak as Branmeister
- Rudi Carrell as Rudi Carnel
- Heidi Hansen as Doris
- Ernst H. Hilbich as Polizist
- Paul Klinger as Narrator
- Chris Roberts as Georg
References edit
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.269
Bibliography edit
- Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links edit
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