Overview
Hugh Whitemore adapted Bruce Chatwin's novel for this tale of a New York antique dealer who travels to Prague to buy the porcelain collection of the late Baron Utz, only to become embroiled in the wreckage of the dead man's unusual life history after he discovers that the collection is missing.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on Utz
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Setting
Set in Prague
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Music
Music by Nicola Piovani
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Gérard Vandenberg
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Hugh WhitemoreScreenplay
- Bruce ChatwinNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 15, 1992
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- Germany, United Kingdom, Italy
Production
Cast
Armin Mueller-StahlBaron Kaspar Joachim von Utz
Brenda FrickerMarta
Peter RiegertMarius Fisher
Paul ScofieldDr. Vaclav Orlik
Gaye BrownAda Krasova
Miriam KarlinGrandmother
Pauline MelvilleCurator- Christian Mueller-StahlBaron Kaspar Joachim Utz aged 18
- Jakub ZdeněkBaron Kaspar Joachim von Utz aged 11
- Christian RabeBaron Kaspar Joachim von Utz aged 5
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