Robert and Bertram (1961 film)

Robert and Bertram
Robert and Bertram
	German film poster
German	Robert und Bertram
Directed by	Hans Deppe
Written by	Gustav Raeder (play); Janne Furch; Gustav Kampendonk;
Produced by	Artur Brauner
Starring	Willy Millowitsch; Vico Torriani; Trude Herr; Marlies Behrens;
Cinematography	Siegfried Hold
Edited by	Ilse Voigt
Music by	Gert Wilden
Production; company	Central Cinema Company
Distributed by	Europa-Filmverleih
Release date	29 September 1961;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Robert and Bertram (German: Robert und Bertram) is a 1961 West German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Willy Millowitsch, Vico Torriani and Trude Herr. It was inspired by the characters in Gustav Raeder's 1856 play Robert and Bertram, updated to the modern era. Two vagabonds, Robert and Bertram, are hired by a shoe company to walk 500 kilometres to test their new product.^[1]

It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in the Bavarian town of Eichstätt. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Wilhelm Vorwerg.

Cast

Willy Millowitsch as Robert Ziegel
Vico Torriani as Bertram Weiler
Trude Herr as Klara Ziegel
Marlies Behrens as Yvonne Berger
Helen Vita as Mieze Frühling
Erwin Strahl as Franco
Hubert von Meyerinck as Detective Commissioner Wolf
Ralf Wolter as Toni Knauer
Margarete Haagen as old lady in the car
Arno Paulsen as Direktor Malina
Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann as policeman
Erich Fiedler as Dr. Abendroth
Kurt Waitzmann as Dr. Sommerfeld
Johanna König as Fräulein Sellner
Franz Schneider as Kegelbruder Franz
Josef Tilgen as Kegelbruder Hans
Egon Vogel as Kegelbruder Willi
Lotti Krekel as Dagmar, hitchhiker
Anja Brüning as Gisela, hitchhiker

References

^ O'Brien, Mary-Elizabeth (2004). Nazi Cinema as Enchantment: The Politics of Entertainment in the Third Reich. Camden House. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-57113-283-3.

External links

Robert and Bertram at IMDb

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[1] O'Brien, Mary-Elizabeth (2004). Nazi Cinema as Enchantment: The Politics of Entertainment in the Third Reich. Camden House. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-57113-283-3.

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