The romantic love and heroic death of a young cornet who rode into battle against the Turks in the mid-17th century. Based on Rainer Maria Rilke’s "The Ballad of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke".
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Cast
22 people
Wolfgang Preiss
Freiherr von Pirovano
Known for
The Train
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Peter van Eyck
Mönchschreiber
Known for
The Wages of Fear
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Walter Reisch
Götz von Langheim
Cornet Christoph von Rilke
Emile J Lustig
Benno Sterzenbach
Rittmeister Reningen
Known for
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Ace of Aces
Rainer Maria Rilke
Also in
Urubus
Friedrich A. Mainz
Fritz Rasp
Großwesir
Known for
Metropolis
Diary of a Lost Girl
Eduard Köck
Falkenier
Also in
Ulli und Marei
The Farmer Forsworn
Anita Björk
Gräfin von Zathmar
Known for
Waiting Women
Miss Julie
Walter Janssen
Arzt
Known for
Destiny
Walter Reisch Director
First release December 16, 1955 · Produced in Germany
Production
Germany
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Original language
German
Release dates
Germany · December 16, 1955
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
July 1, 1956
Finland
September 6, 1957
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