Minna von Barnhelm oder Das Soldatenglück
6.8
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...
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Cast
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Marita Böhme
Minna
Also in
Carbide and Sorrel
Der Mann, der nach der Oma kam
Otto Mellies
Tellheim
Known for
Back on Track
Brigitte Krex
Martin Hellberg
Also in
Johann Sebastian Bach
Lotte in Weimar
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Siegfried Kabitzke
Also in
Alma schafft alle
Christel Bodenstein
Franziska
Also in
The Singing Ringing Tree
The Brave Little Tailor
Wilhelm Neef
Johannes Arpe
Bruchsaal
Also in
Fog
Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
Karl Plintzner
Manfred Krug
Werner
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Herwart Grosse
Wirt
Also in
The Gleiwitz Case
Sunday Drivers
Martin Hellberg Director · Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Writer Brigitte Krex Editor
First release November 1, 1962 · Produced in XG, Germany · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 1, 1962
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
November 8, 1969 · TV
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