Intrigue and Love (film)

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Intrigue and Love
Directed by Martin Hellberg
Written by
Produced by Paul Ramacher
Starring
Cinematography Karl Plintzner
Edited by Ursula Rudzki
Music by Wilhelm Neef
Production
company
Release date
  • 1959 (1959)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryEast Germany
Language German

Intrigue and Love (German : Kabale und Liebe) is a 1959 East German historical drama film directed by Martin Hellberg and starring Wolf Kaiser, Otto Mellies and Marion Van de Kamp. [1] The film was made by the East German state-owned DEFA studio. It is an adaptation of Friedrich Schiller's 1784 play Intrigue and Love .

Contents

The film's sets were designed by the art director Harald Horn.

Plot

Ferdinand is an army major and son of President von Walter, while Luise Miller is the daughter of a middle-class musician. They fall in love with each other, but both their fathers urge them to end the affair.

Cast

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  1. Goble p. 483

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