The Rainer Case

The Rainer Case (German: Der Fall Rainer) is a 1942 German drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Luise Ullrich, Paul Hubschmid and Karl Schönböck.

The Rainer Case
Directed by	Paul Verhoeven
Written by	Jacob Geis Wilhelm Krug Herbert Reinecker (novel Der Mann mit der Geige) Paul Verhoeven
Produced by	Herbert Engelsing
Starring	Luise Ullrich Paul Hubschmid Karl Schönböck
Cinematography	Fritz Arno Wagner
Edited by	Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann
Music by	Norbert Schultze
Production company	Tobis Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date	12 May 1942
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Bi and Botho Hoefer. It was partly shot on location around Admont in Austria. The film is set in 1918 during the closing stages of the First World War.

Main cast

• Luise Ullrich as Prinzessin Henriette von Battenstein
• Paul Hubschmid as Franz Rainer
• Karl Schönböck as Erzherzog Karl Maria
• Elisabeth Markus as Fürstin von Battenstein
• Sepp Rist as Hauptmann Leopold Lechner
• Norbert Rohringer as Peter Lechner
• Maria Koppenhöfer as Gräfin Erna von Eckersberg
• Heinz Salfner as Auditor
• Viktor Gehring as Infanterist Schober
• Erich Musil as Unteroffizier Dirrmoser
• Oskar Dimroth as Hofrat Hordaczek
• Bruno Hübner as Orchestervorstand Sonberger
• Ekkehard Arendt as Adjutant des Erzherzogs
• Kurt Meisel as Leutnant von Benda
• Karl Günther as Ehrengerichtsvorsitzender
• Hubert Kiurina as Infanterist Natterer
• Heinrich Troxbömker as Kammerdiener Gaston
• Walter Janssen as Haushofmeister
• Karl Hellmer as Verwaltungsinspektor Strehuber
• Luis Rainer as Divisionskommandeur
• Ernst Sattler as Generalarzt
• Karl Etlinger as Oberazt
• Erich Ponto as Hotelwirt
• Gabriele Hoffmann as Oberschwester
• Melanie Horeschowsky as Wirtschafterin bei Birr

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Rainer Case at IMDb