The Sergeant's Daughter

The Sergeant's Daughter
The Sergeant's Daughter
Directed by	George Hurdalek
Written by	(novel); ; Kurt Heuser; George Hurdalek;
Starring	Johanna Matz; Jan Hendriks; Friedrich Domin;
Cinematography	Georg Bruckbauer
Edited by
Music by	Theo Mackeben
Production; companies	Como Film; Royal-Produktion;
Distributed by	Allianz Filmverleih
Release date	3 October 1952
Running time	100 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Sergeant's Daughter (German: Der große Zapfenstreich) is a 1952 West German war romance film directed by George Hurdalek and starring Johanna Matz, Jan Hendriks and Friedrich Domin.^[1] It was based on a 1903 novel by Franz Adam Beyerlein which portrayed life in the army of William II.

It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location at historic barracks at Ingolstadt. The film's sets were designed by Robert Herlth and Kurt Herlth.

Synopsis[]

Before the outbreak of the First World War, the daughter of a sergeant in the cavalry falls in love with a junior officer, despite already being engaged to another soldier.

Cast[]

Johanna Matz as Kläre Volkhardt
Jan Hendriks as Leutnant Christian von Lauffen
Friedrich Domin as Wachtmeister Volkhardt
Paul Hartmann as Freiherr von Lauffen
O.E. Hasse as Rittmeister Graf Ledenburg
as Madeleine, Baronin Hügener
Harry Meyen as Leutnant Robert Kroldt
Rudolf Fernau as Baron Hügener, Rittergutsbesitzer
as Unteroffizier Fritz Helbig
Herbert Hübner as Major Paeschke, Kriegsgerichtsrat
Franz Muxeneder as Ulan Graboviak, Bursche
Wolfgang Büttner as Vizewachtmeister Queiss
Annette Carell as Bettina von Laufen
Charles Regnier

References[]

^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 187

Bibliography[]

Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links[]

The Sergeant's Daughter at IMDb

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[1] Bock & Bergfelder p. 187

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