Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti /
"Curt Bois, best remembered as the oily pickpocket in Casablanca, stars as Puntila, a nasty Finnish landlord who turns into a nice guy whenever he's drunk (shades of Chaplin's City Lights). Puntila's chauffeur Matti (Heinz Engelman) shares several ribald adventures with his maste...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | German |
| Language Notes: | In German. |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
EuroVideo,
[1998]
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| Summary: | "Curt Bois, best remembered as the oily pickpocket in Casablanca, stars as Puntila, a nasty Finnish landlord who turns into a nice guy whenever he's drunk (shades of Chaplin's City Lights). Puntila's chauffeur Matti (Heinz Engelman) shares several ribald adventures with his master, and at one point finds himself engaged to Puntila's nubile daughter Eva (Maria Emo). Brecht's merciless satire of class distinctions isn't quite as pungent as in the original, but audiences will get the point"--allmovieguide.com |
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| Item Description: | Based on the same-named play by Bertoldt Brecht. A videocassette release of the 1955 film. A foreign film (Austria)--allmovieguide.com. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (93 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS PAL. |
| Audience: | Freigegeben ab 6 Jahren. |