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Minna von Barnhelm oder Das Soldatenglück (1962)
Directed by Martin Hellberg
Comedy, Drama · 1h 43m
This film takes place during the Seven Years' War. The Prussian Major von Tellheim has become engaged to the Saxon noblewoman Minna von Barnhelm. After the war, the King - in an unwarranted move - deprives the major of his honor. Von Tellheim becomes impoverished and, filled with shame, breaks off his relationship to Minna. An innkeeper in Berlin, who is a police informer, makes the Major move to a shabby little attic because he cannot pay his debt. In the meantime, Minna has also arrived at the inn. She and her lady's maid Franziska are questioned and spied on by the nosy innkeeper. Minna has followed her beloved Tellheim and she now cunningly manages to elicit a new declaration of love from him...
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Martin Hellberg
- Writer
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Martin Hellberg
- Editor
- Brigitte Krex
Details
- Release date
- 1962-11-01
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany, Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Marita Böhme
Otto Mellies
Christel Bodenstein
Johannes Arpe
Manfred Krug
Herwart Grosse
Helga Göring
Fred Düren
Horst Giese
Jochen Diestelmann