Das Mädchen Christine (1949)
Overview
During the Thirty Years' War, Christine, an orphan, falls in love with the colonel Count Merian. In order to always be with him, she puts on men's clothes, becomes a troop boy and later even a cornet - only the sutler knows her secret. Little by little, Christine realizes that the man she loves has been brutalized by the war and is no longer capable of true feelings. When she gives herself to him instead of a peasant maid, she is horrified by his brutality. She shoots him in a duel. She is sentenced to death as a cornet, but acquitted as a woman.
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During the Thirty Years' War, Christine, an orphan, falls in love with the colonel Count Merian. In order to always be with him, she puts on men's clothes, becomes a troop boy and later even a cornet - only the sutler knows her secret. Little by little, Christine realizes that the man she loves has been brutalized by the war and is no longer capable of true feelings. When she gives herself to him instead of a peasant maid, she is horrified by his brutality. She shoots him in a duel. She is sentenced to death as a cornet, but acquitted as a woman. Das Mädchen Christine is a Drama, History movie, released on 1949-01-14, runtime 96 minutes.
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Directed by
Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Cast
- Wolfgang Lukschy as Merian
- Petra Peters as Christine
- Tilly Lauenstein as Courasche
- Ilse Hülper as Lady Winterton
- Yvonne Sturm as Barbara
- Gerd Frickhöffer as Jakob
- Wolfgang Kühne as Lord Winterton
- Theodor Vogeler as Der Fremde
- Guido Goroll as Sekretär
- Fred Kronström as Der Wirt
- Hans Emons as Hauptmann
- Jean Brahn as Profos
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