Das Mädchen Christine
During the Thirty Years' War, Christine, an orphan, falls in love with the colonel Count Merian. In order to always be with him, she puts on men's clothes, becomes a troop boy and later even a cornet - only the sutler knows her secret. Little by little, Christine realizes that the man she loves has been brutalized by the war and is no longer capable of true feelings. When she gives herself to him instead of a peasant maid, she is horrified by his brutality. She shoots him in a duel. She is sentenced to death as a cornet, but acquitted as a woman.
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Arthur Maria Rabenalt Director · Frank Clifford Writer Hans Rabl Author
United States release January 13, 1951 · Produced in Germany
Production
DEFA
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Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · January 14, 1949
Theatrical
United States · January 13, 1951
Theatrical
Austria
July 22, 1949 · Theatrical
Finland
January 6, 1950 · Theatrical
France
January 18, 1952 · Theatrical
Germany
July 24, 1972 · TV · East Germany
Hungary
June 30, 1949 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 1, 1952 · Theatrical
Romania
January 5, 1950 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 14, 1949 · Theatrical
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