Utz (film)
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Directed by | George Sluizer |
Written by | Hugh Whitemore Bruce Chatwin |
Produced by | John Goldschmidt |
Starring | Armin Mueller-Stahl Brenda Fricker Peter Riegert Paul Scofield |
Cinematography | Gérard Vandenberg |
Edited by | Lin Friedman |
Music by | Nicola Piovani |
Distributed by | First Run Features |
Release date | 1992 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Utz is a 1992 dramatic film directed by George Sluizer, produced by John Goldschmidt and starring Brenda Fricker, Peter Riegert and Armin Mueller-Stahl. Mueller-Stahl won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
The film is based on the 1988 novel Utz by Bruce Chatwin, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
Premise[]
An art dealer goes to Prague after the death of a friend, Baron von Utz, to obtain the Baron's priceless Meissen porcelain collection. He meets an old friend, Orlik, who tells him about the Baron's past while he struggles to discover what happened to the collection.
Cast[]
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Baron Kaspar Joachim von Utz
- Brenda Fricker as Marta
- Peter Riegert as Marius Fisher
- Paul Scofield as Doctor Vaclav Orlik
- as Ada Krasova
- Miriam Karlin as Grandmother
- Pauline Melville as Curator
- as Head Waiter
- as Janitor
- as Young Marta
- as Doctor
References[]
- ^ "Berlinale: 1992 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
External links[]
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1992 films
- 1992 drama films
- British drama films
- British films
- 1990s English-language films
- Films directed by George Sluizer
- Films set in Prague
- Films based on British novels
- First Run Features films
- Films scored by Nicola Piovani
- Films about nobility
- 1990s British film stubs