This imaginative, whimsical film is based on Gisela and Bettina von Arnim's literary fairy tale “The Life of High Countess Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns”, written in 1840. At the centre of the action is a strong-minded young girl, who unmasks certain actions of the adults surrounding her as highly questionable. On top of that she rescues the King from dark forces and is rewarded with the role of senior advisor. Henceforth only virtuous laws are to exist in order to ensure the virtue of mankind. If this will work however remains an open-ended question.
35mm | Farbe / colour
Christa Kozik
Jürgen Brauer
Peter Foerster, Harry Fuchs
Alfred Hirschmeier
Stefan Carow
Nadja Klier, Hermann Beyer, Suheer Saleh, Fred Delmare, Marc Lubosch
Sprecher: Kurt Böwe
PROGRESS Film-Verleih
Dagmar Bingel
Immanuelkirchstr. 14b
10405 Berlin
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Jürgen Brauer - born 1938 in Leipzig. Cinematographer, film director and scriptwriter. Among his successes as cameraman number THE LEGEND OF PAUL AND PAULA (1973). Since reunification he has primarily worked for German TV, having directed series such as “Tatort”, “Der Fahnder” and “In aller Freundschaft”.
PUGOWITZA (1980)
GRITTA VON RATTENZUHAUSEBEIUNS (1984)
HILDE; DAS DIENSTMÄDCHEN (1986)
DAS HERZ DER PIRATEN (1988)
SEHNSUCHT (1989, Cottbus 2006)
TANZ AUF DER KIPPE (1991)
HIER UND JETZT (1992)
ANNA ANNA (1993)
LORENZ IM LAND DER LÜGNER (1997)