Minna von Barnhelm oder Das Soldatenglück

Minna von Barnhelm oder Das Soldatenglück

103 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 1, 1962

This film takes place during the Seven Years' War. The Prussian Major von Tellheim has become engaged to the Saxon noblewoman Minna von Barnhelm. After the war, the King - in an unwarranted move - deprives the major of his honor. Von Tellheim becomes impoverished and, filled with shame, breaks off his relationship to Minna. An innkeeper in Berlin, who is a police informer, makes the Major move to a shabby little attic because he cannot pay his debt. In the meantime, Minna has also arrived at the inn. She and her lady's maid Franziska are questioned and spied on by the nosy innkeeper. Minna has followed her beloved Tellheim and she now cunningly manages to elicit a new declaration of love from him...

Minna von Barnhelm oder Das Soldatenglück

103 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 1, 1962

Minna von Barnhelm oder Das Soldatenglück
This film takes place during the Seven Years' War. The Prussian Major von Tellheim has become engaged to the Saxon noblewoman Minna von Barnhelm. After the war, the King - in an unwarranted move - deprives the major of his honor. Von Tellheim becomes impoverished and, filled with shame, breaks off his relationship to Minna. An innkeeper in Berlin, who is a police informer, makes the Major move to a shabby little attic because he cannot pay his debt. In the meantime, Minna has also arrived at the inn. She and her lady's maid Franziska are questioned and spied on by the nosy innkeeper. Minna has followed her beloved Tellheim and she now cunningly manages to elicit a new declaration of love from him...
Producers DEFA
Original title Minna von Barnhelm oder Das Soldatenglück
Directors Martin Hellberg
Writers Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Martin Hellberg

Cast

Marita Böhme

as Minna

Otto Mellies

as Tellheim

Christel Bodenstein

as Franziska

Johannes Arpe

as Bruchsaal

Manfred Krug

as Werner

Herwart Grosse

as Wirt

Helga Göring

as Witwe

Gerhard Vogt

as Just

Fred Düren

as Riccaut

Alexander Papendiek

as Feldjäger

Horst Giese

as Spieler

Jochen Diestelmann

as Bedienter

Karl-Helge Hofstadt

as Bürgermeister

August Holler

as Spieler

Georg Helge

as Diener

Erika Preuß

as Bürgerin

Hans Feldner

as Bürger