Intrigue and Love (film)

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 .^[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.

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

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[]

• Wolf Kaiser as Präsident von Walter
• Otto Mellies as Ferdinand, sein Sohn
• as Lady Milford
• as Hofmarschall von Kalb
• Martin Hellberg as Miller, Stadtmusikant
• as seine Frau
• Karola Ebeling as Luise, seine Tochter
• as Wurm, Haussekretär des Präsidenten
• Hans Finohr as Kammerdiener
• as Sophie, Kammerjungfer
• as Hofdame
• as 1. Hofherr
• as Witwe
• as Minister und Hofherr
• Horst Giese as Rebell
• as Gefängniswärter
• as 1. Reiterknecht
• as Geheimer
• as Rebell
• Doris Thalmer
• Nico Turoff as Hofherr
• Ilse Voigt as Bürgerin
• as Alte Frau

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links[]

• Intrigue and Love at IMDb

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