Leutnant Gustl
movie
Released March 26, 1963
Genres:
Overview
In the foyer of a Viennese concert hall, Lieutenant Gustav Wilfert is called a "stupid boy" by master baker Habetswallner because of his clumsy arrogance and is grabbed by the pommel of his sabre without putting up a fight. A major witnessed the incident and, according to the army's code of honor, the lieutenant had lost his honor and should have shot himself. However, as the master baker died overnight, Gustl's testimony is pitted against that of the major in the court of honor. One of the main witnesses is Gustl's fiancée, Anna, who openly denounces the folly and obsolescence of chauvinistic notions of heroism. Finally, the meme-like Gustl awaits the verdict in her room...
Cast

Ewald Balser
as
Oberst Brunnthaler

Peter Weck
as
Leutnant Gustav "Gustl" Wilfert
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Carlo Böhm
as
Ordonnanz Ebner

Kurt Meisel
as
Major Aloys Mokry

Ernst Stankovski
as
Oberleutnant Doschensky

Egon von Jordan
as
Oberstleutnant Zindler
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Franz Messner
as
Leutnant Kopetzky

Christiane Hörbiger
as
Anna Riedl

Hans Moser
as
Johann Habetswallner
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Emmy Percy-Wüstenhagen
as
Frau Beierl
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Alfred Reiterer
as
Alfred Doschenstzky

Fritz Schmiedel
as
Major Nehuda