The Standard (German: Die Standarte) is a 1977 war drama film directed by Ottokar Runze and starring Simon Ward, Siegfried Rauch and Peter Cushing.[1] It was made as a co-production between Austria, Spain and West Germany. The film is based on the 1934 novel The Standard by Alexander Lernet-Holenia, previously turned into a 1935 film My Life for Maria Isabella in Nazi Germany. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
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| Directed by | Ottokar Runze |
| Written by | Herbert Asmodi |
| Based on | The Standard by Alexander Lernet-Holenia |
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| Cinematography | Michael Epp |
| Edited by | Tamara Epp |
| Music by | Hans-Martin Majewski |
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| Distributed by | Gunther Wessel Filmverleih |
Release date | 18 May 1977 |
Running time | 120 minutes |
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The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Scharff. Location shooting took place in Vienna and Toledo province in Spain.
Another English-language title of this film is Battle Flag.
Cast edit
- Simon Ward as Officer Menis
- Siegfried Rauch as Graf Bottenlauben
- Peter Cushing as Baron von Hackenberg
- Jon Finch as Major Charbinsky
- Viktor Staal as Anton
- Verónica Forqué as Louise Lang
- Gerd Böckmann as Anschütz
- Robert Hoffmann as Koch
- Wolfgang Preiss as Oberst
- Lil Dagover as Erzherzogin
- Maria Perschy as Mordax
- Erik Frey as Oberstleutnant
- David Robb as English Officer
- Michael Janisch as Orbeliani
- Friedrich von Ledebur as General
- Rudolf Prack as Lakai- Kaiserlicher Diener im Hof
- Kurt Sowinetz as Kaiserlischer Diener im Kaminzimmer
- Hans Thimig as Hofbeamter
References edit
- ^ Goble p.965
Bibliography edit
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links edit
- The Standard at IMDb
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