Kassbach – Ein Porträt
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Kassbach – Ein Porträt is a 1979
Austrian
drama film
directed by Peter Patzak
. It was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival
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1979 in film
The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released....
Austrian
Cinema of Austria
Austria has had an active cinema industry since the early 20th century. Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky was among the Austrian pioneers of this art. Several Austrians pursued a career in pre-Nazi Germany and later in the United States, among them Fritz Lang, Josef von Sternberg, Billy Wilder, Fred...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Peter Patzak
Peter Patzak
Peter Patzak is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 60 films since 1973. His film Kassbach – Ein Porträt was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival and his film Wahnfried was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected...
. It was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival
29th Berlin International Film Festival
The 29th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 20 to March 3, 1979.-Jury:* Julie Christie* Romain Gary* Ingrid Caven* Georg Alexander* Liliana Cavani* Jörn Donner* Paul Bartel* Pál Gábor-Films in competition:...
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Cast
- Walter KohutWalter KohutWalter Kohut was an Austrian film, television and theatre actor.He appeared in many Austrian and German films over a 30 year period and became known for playing shady characters...
- Karl Kassbach - Immy Schell - Kassbach's wife
- Konrad BeckerKonrad BeckerKonrad Becker is a hypermedia researcher and interdisciplinary content developer, Director of the Institute for New Culture Technologies/t0 and initiator of Public Netbase and...
- Kassbach's son - Walter Davy - Head of the Initiative
- Franz Buchrieser - Kassbach's fried
- Hanno PöschlHanno PöschlHanno Pöschl is an Austrian actor.Pöschl has enjoyed a long and prolific career working with directors Maximilian Schell, Peter Patzak, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Paulus Manker, Richard Linklater, and Götz Spielmann...
- Kassbach's friend - Heinz Petters - Post office clerk
- Ulrich Baumgartner - Anwerber
- Erni Mangold - Liesi's mother
- Maria Engelstorfer - Kassbach's mother
- Heinrich Strobele - Kassbach's colleague