Castles and Cottages
1957Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, after the end of the war, the land of the count gets divided amongst the farmers, Anton receives a piece and hopes to be able to work freely. But an old debt and intrigue keep Anton and his family from finding peace. The farmers of the village begin to discover their own power when Annegret, Anton's daughter, leaves. Is a new beginning possible for Anton? This film paints an impressive panorama of the development of a minor village in Mecklenburg from the end of the war to the uprising of 17 June 1953.
Acted in
Raimund Schelcher
as Krummer Anton
Erika Dunkelmann
as Marthe
Karla Runkehl
as Annegret
Erwin Geschonneck
as estate inspector Bröker
Harry Hindemith
as Kalle Buddenboom
Helga Göring
as Christel Sikura
Wilhelm Puchert
as Jens Voss
Angelika Hurwicz
as Hede
Dieter Perlwitz
as Klimm
Hans Finohr
as old Sikura
Marga Legal
as Elisabeth Bröker
Lotte Loebinger
as old Sikura
Kurt Dunkelmann
as Wittig
Ekkehard Schall
as Ekkehart
Otto Saltzmann
as Paderski
Otto Krone
as Palm
Erich Franz
as man with leather jacket
Hans Klering
as Bräuning
Ulrich Thein
as agronomist
Gustav Püttjer
as postman
Paul R. Henker
as pastor Popp
Horst Kube
as drunk lad
Ellen Plessow
as aunt
Traute Sense
as Countess von Holzendorf
Martha Beschort-Diez
as Mrs. Wittig
Barbara Berg
as Ute Wittig
Maria Wendt
as Helene Klimm
Heinz Kögel
as Count of Holzendorf
Annelise Matschulat
as Mrs. Palm
Hans W. Hamacher
as Brother-in-law of Bräuning
Ludwig Sachs
as old farmer
Albert Zahn
as Karsten
Karl Kendzia
as farmer Mallmann
Karl Brenk
as farmer Kanne
Hermann Wagemann
as Farmer Weigant
Herbert Rüdiger
as farmer Einsiedel
Gertrud Brendler
as mrs. Paderski
Ditha Cullmann
as mrs. Fritsching
Paul Pfingst
as Fritsching
Alexander Papendiek
as soviet lieutenant
Ursula Weiss
as maid
Maria Besendahl
as Ollsch Voss
Elfriede Florin
as mrs. Heber
Jean Brahn
as cook / man on the wheel of fortune
Ursula Mundt
as Magd
Jochen Thomas
as large farmer
Leonhard Ritter
as large farmer
Liska Merbach
as A Lady
Werner Senftleben
as Voigt
Karl-Heinz Weiss
as farmer
Frank Michelis
as farmer
Käte Alving
as peasant woman
Else Sanden
as peasant woman
Peter A. Stiege
as commissioner in civilian clothes
Einar List
as Annegret's boy
Ursula Blank
as refugee woman
Ursula Röschmann
as refugee woman
Waltraut Kramm
as refugee woman
Grete Carlsohn
as refugee woman
Hela Gruel
as refugee woman
