The Standard (film)

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The Standard
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Directed by Ottokar Runze
Written by Herbert Asmodi  [ de ]
Based on The Standard
by Alexander Lernet-Holenia
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Michael Epp
Edited by Tamara Epp
Music by Hans-Martin Majewski
Production
companies
  • Neue Thalia-Film
  • Norddeutsche Filmproduktion
  • Ottokar Runze Filmproduktion
  • Producciones Cinematográficas Orfeo
Distributed byGunther Wessel Filmverleih
Release date
  • 18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)
Running time
120 minutes
Countries
  • Austria
  • Spain
  • West Germany
Languages

The Standard (German: Die Standarte) is a 1977 war drama film directed by Ottokar Runze and starring Simon Ward, Siegfried Rauch and Peter Cushing. [1] It was made as a co-production between Austria, Spain and West Germany. The film is based on the 1934 novel The Standard by Alexander Lernet-Holenia, previously turned into a 1935 film My Life for Maria Isabella in Nazi Germany. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Scharff. Location shooting took place in Vienna and Toledo province in Spain.

Another English-language title of this film is Battle Flag.

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  1. Goble p.965

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