Overview
A young man seeks freedom and eventually gets conformed. To escape society, he wanders south. After some adventures he returns to his lover, where he expects a civil career.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts
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Music
Music by Hans Werner Henze
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Dietrich Lohmann
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Bernhard SinkelWriter
- Joseph von EichendorffNovel
- Alf BrustellinWriter
- Original title
- Taugenichts
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 27, 1978
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
Production
Cast
Jacques BreuerTaugenichts
Eva Maria MeinekeGräfin- Sybill SchreiberAurelie
Mareike CarrièreFlora
Matthias HabichLeonard
Wolfgang ReichmannPortier
Peter BerlingMaler
Jiří KrytinářZwerg Gouffino
Maria Grazia SmaldoneSchlossverwalterin- Jiří Prýmek
Boris Rösner
Mario Adorf
Marie Brožová
Karel Heřmánek
Marie Málková
Karel Effa
Karel Augusta
Lenka Kořínková- David Schneider
Václav Knop
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