The Castle

Aug 30, 1968

1h 33m

★ 6.2

Overview

A man comes to a small village to begin his new job as an attendant at the nearby castle. But everybody in the village claims that he surely must be mistaken, there is no need for an attendant at the castle.

Genres

Mystery

Drama

Production Companies

Alfa Film

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Cast

Maximilian Schell

Frieda

Cordula Trantow

Bürgel

Helmut Qualtinger

Mizzi

Else Ehser

Lehrer

Karl Hellmer

Schwarzer

Benno Hoffmann

Olga

Iva Janžurová

Barnabas

Georg Lehn

Lehrerin

Ilse Künkele

Mayor

Friedrich Maurer

Wirt

Hans Pössenbacher

Landlord

Hanns Ernst Jäger

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