Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts

May 10, 1973

1h 36m

★ 5.0

Overview

Screen adaptation of Eichendorff's famous novella. A penniless drifter roams the land with his violin and preferably sings his songs to beautiful women. Two of his female admirers get him employed as a gardener at a castle. Yet he doesn't settle down for long, and moves on to his next temporary job as a customs officer. Finally, he travels to Italy where he joins the gang of Rinaldo Rinaldini and eventually meets the love of his life.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Music

Production Companies

DEFA

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Cast

Taugenichts

Dean Reed

Die Gräfin

Hannelore Elsner

Die 3. Schöne

Monica Bielenstein

Kammerjungfer

Monika Woytowicz

1. Dame

Carin Abicht

Guido alias Flora

Christel Bodenstein

Die 1. Schöne

Anna Dymna

Die 2. Schöne

Gudrun Jochmann

Rinaldo Rinaldini

Gerry Wolff

Maler

Arno Wyzniewski

Graf Leonhard

Peter Biele

Gärtner

Walter Lendrich

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