Sarajevo (1955 film)

Sarajevo
Directed by	Fritz Kortner
Produced by	Alfred Stöger
Written by	Robert Thoeren
Starring	Luise Ullrich Ewald Balser Franz Stoss Hans Thimig
Music by	Winfried Zillig
Cinematography	Heinz Hölscher
Edited by	Renate Jelinek Friederike Wieder
Production company	Wiener Mundus-Film
Distributed by	Union-Film
Release dates	17 October 1955
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

Sarajevo (German:Um Thron und Liebe) is a 1955 Austrian historical film directed by Fritz Kortner and starring Luise Ullrich, Ewald Balser and Franz Stoss. The film portrays the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914. It proved controversial on its release.

Partial cast

• Luise Ullrich - Herzogin Sophie Hohenberg
• Ewald Balser - Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand
• Franz Stoss - Oskar Potiorek
• Hans Thimig as Rumerskirch
• Louis Soldan as Merizzi
• Harry Hardt as Bardolff
• Hans Unterkircher as Graf Harrach
• Erik Frey as Pokorny
• Hans Olden as Durchlaucht
• Carl Bosse as Müller, Polizeibeamter
• Karl Skraup as Radic, Polizeibeamter
• Wolfried Lier - Danilo Ilic
• Hubert Hilten - Gavrilo Princip
• Michael Lenz - Trifko Grabez
• Klaus Kinski - Nedeljko Cabrinovic
• Josef Meinrad as 1. Chauffeur
• Hugo Gottschlich as 2. Chauffeur
• Erika Remberg as Nadja

Bibliography

• Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men In Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

• Sarajevo at IMDb
• Sarajevo at Youtube