Follow Me, Scoundrels

1964 film

Joachim Kupsch (novel)
Manfred Krug
Ulrich Plenzdorf
Ralf Kirsten

Starring

Manfred Krug
Monika Woytowicz
Fred Düren

CinematographyHans HeinrichEdited byChristel RöhlMusic byAndre Asriel

Production
company

DEFA

Distributed byVEB Progress Film

Release date

31 July 1964 (1964-07-31)

Running time

103 minutesCountryEast GermanyLanguageGerman

Follow Me, Scoundrels (German: Mir nach, Canaillen!) is a 1964 East German historical adventure film directed by Ralf Kirsten and starring Manfred Krug, Monika Woytowicz, and Fred Düren.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jochen Keller and Hans Poppe.

Cast

Manfred Krug as Alexander
Monika Woytowicz as Ulrike
Fred Düren as Leutnant Lübbenau
Carola Braunbock as Baronin Lübbenau
Norbert Christian as Gerichtsherr
Marion Van de Kamp as Denhoff
Harald Halgardt as Kronenberg
Helga Göring as Freiin von Lübbenau
Marianne Wünscher as Wäscherin
Helmut Schreiber as Finanzminister
Walter Lendrich as Sekretarius
Helmut Bruchhausen as Pape
Heinz Scholz as Notarius
Horst Papke as Korporal
Jutta Wachowiak as Mätresse
Fritz Links as Fischer
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff as Soldat in Pulverkammer
Otto Erich Edenharter as Bauer
Gerhard Vogt as Bauer
Axel Triebel as Kutscher
Willi Neuenhahn as Überlandkutscher
Joachim Bober as Überlandkutscher
Peter Dommisch as Gerichtsbüttel
Edwin Marian as Page
Friedrich Teitge as Diener
Lilo Grahn as Bauernmädchen
Herwart Grosse as Onkel

References

^ Feinstein, p. 106.

Bibliography

Feinstein, Joshua (2002). The Triumph of the Ordinary: Depictions of Daily Life in the East German Cinema, 1949–1989. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-5385-6.