Minna von Barnhelm

Minna von Barnhelm

🎞️ Movie 103 min DE
โ˜… 6.9 /10 1962

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. Because he is so focused on maintaining his honor she keeps him in suspense for quite a while before telling him that the King has reinstated him. Minna and Tellheim become a happy couple and Franziska, too, finds the love of her life - Werner, a sergeant. A sweeping story of love, pride and betrayal. Based on the drama by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.

Cast

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Marita Böhme
Minna von Barnhelm
Otto Mellies
Otto Mellies
Tellheim
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Christel Bodenstein
Franziska
Manfred Krug
Manfred Krug
Werner
Johannes Arpe
Johannes Arpe
Bruchsal
Herwart Grosse
Herwart Grosse
Wirt
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Gerhard Vogt
Just
Fred Düren
Fred Düren
Riccaut
Helga Göring
Helga Göring
Dame in Schwarz
Alexander Papendiek
Alexander Papendiek
Feldjäger
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Wilhelm Neef
Composer
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Karl Plintzner
Cinematographer
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Christel Bodenstein