Three Paths to the Lake

Dec 18, 1976

1h 40m

★ 5.3

Overview

Elisabeth, a fifty year old woman, visits her old father in the outskirts of Klagenfurt. There, she reflects about her childhood and her romantic life.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

ORF

Südwestfunk

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Cast

Elisabeth Matrei

Ursula Schult

Vater Matrei

Guido Wieland

Trotta

Walter Schmidinger

Branco Trotta

Bernhard Wicki

Philippe

Yves Beneyton

Manes

Udo Vioff

Hugh

Dieter Wernecke

Mühldorfer

Rainer von Artenfels

Trafikbesitzerin

Jane Tilden

Liz

Pamela White

Robert

Michael Gspandl

Narrator (voice)

Axel Corti

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