Castles and Cottages
203 mins
Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, after the end of the war, the land of the count gets divided amongst the farmers, Anton receives a piece and hopes to be able to work freely. But an old debt and intrigue keep Anton and his family from finding peace. The farmers of the village begin to discover their own power when Annegret, Anton's daughter, leaves. Is a new beginning possible for Anton? This film paints an impressive panorama of the development of a minor village in Mecklenburg from the end of the war to the uprising of 17 June 1953.
Wilhelm Puchert
Jens Voss
Angelika Hurwicz
Hede
Hans Finohr
old Sikura
Kurt Dunkelmann
Wittig
Ekkehard Schall
Ekkehart
Otto Saltzmann
Paderski
Otto Krone
Palm
Martha Beschort-Diez
Mrs. Wittig
Barbara Berg
Ute Wittig
Maria Wendt
Helene Klimm
Heinz Kögel
Count of Holzendorf
Annelise Matschulat
Mrs. Palm
Hans W. Hamacher
Brother-in-law of Bräuning
Ludwig Sachs
old farmer
Albert Zahn
Karsten
Hermann Wagemann
Farmer Weigant
Herbert Rüdiger
farmer Einsiedel
Ditha Cullmann
mrs. Fritsching
Alexander Papendiek
soviet lieutenant
Ursula Weiss
maid
Jean Brahn
cook / man on the wheel of fortune
Ursula Mundt
Magd
Liska Merbach
A Lady
Karl-Heinz Weiss
farmer
Frank Michelis
farmer
Käte Alving
peasant woman
Else Sanden
peasant woman
Peter A. Stiege
commissioner in civilian clothes
Einar List
Annegret's boy
Ursula Blank
refugee woman
Ursula Röschmann
refugee woman
Grete Carlsohn
refugee woman
Wilhelm Neef
Original Music Composer
Otto Merz
Director of Photography
Ruth Moegelin
Editor
Kurt Barthel
Writer
Werner Klein
Sound
Alfred Hirschmeier
Production Design
Marianne Schmidt
Costume Design