Little Mother (1973 film)
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Little Mother is a 1973 drama film
directed by Radley Metzger
and starring Christiane Krüger
, Siegfried Rauch
and Ivan Desny
. A woman in a South American country rises from being a struggling actress to the wife of the President, who she plans to overthrow and make herself dictator. The story was loosely modelled on that of Evita Peron in Argentina
. It was a co-production between West Germany
, Yugoslavia
and the United States
.
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 Radley Metzger
Radley Metzger
Radley Metzger is an American filmmaker and distributor. He is also credited under the pseudonym Henry Paris, a name he adopted in the 1970s when he began to direct hardcore pornography....
and starring Christiane Krüger
Christiane Krüger
Christiane Krüger is a German television actress. She is the daughter of actor Hardy Krüger.-Television:*Soko 5113 - "Spurwechsel" *Unser Charly *Ich schenke dir meinem Mann...
, Siegfried Rauch
Siegfried Rauch
Siegfried Rauch is a German film and television actor. He has been an actor for over 40 years, in approximately 200 productions.-Career:...
and Ivan Desny
Ivan Desny
Ivan Nikolai Desnitskij was a Russian actor born in China who worked for most of his life in Germany.-Career:Desny was a film/movie actor. He acted in more than 150 films, most of them German...
. A woman in a South American country rises from being a struggling actress to the wife of the President, who she plans to overthrow and make herself dictator. The story was loosely modelled on that of Evita Peron in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. It was a co-production between West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Partial cast
- Siegfried RauchSiegfried RauchSiegfried Rauch is a German film and television actor. He has been an actor for over 40 years, in approximately 200 productions.-Career:...
as Colonel Pinares - Christiane KrügerChristiane KrügerChristiane Krüger is a German television actress. She is the daughter of actor Hardy Krüger.-Television:*Soko 5113 - "Spurwechsel" *Unser Charly *Ich schenke dir meinem Mann...
as Marina Pinares - Ivan DesnyIvan DesnyIvan Nikolai Desnitskij was a Russian actor born in China who worked for most of his life in Germany.-Career:Desny was a film/movie actor. He acted in more than 150 films, most of them German...
as Colonel Umberia - Mark DamonMark DamonMark Damon is an American film actor and producer. He started his career in his native country, appearing in such films as Young and Dangerous and Roger Corman's House of Usher...
as Riano - Anton DiffringAnton DiffringAnton Diffring , born Alfred Pollack, was a German actor.-Biography:Diffring was born in Koblenz...
as The Cardinal - Elga Sorbas as Annette