1974 East German historical drama film
Johannes Kepler Directed by Frank Vogel Written by Manfred Freitag Joachim Nestler Frank Vogel Starring Cinematography Otto Hanisch Edited by Evelyn Carow Music by Gerhard Rosenfeld Production company
Distributed by Progress Film Release date
15 November 1974 (1974-11-15 )
Running time
93 minutes Country East Germany Language German
Johannes Kepler is a 1974 East German historical drama film directed by Frank Vogel and starring Reimar J. Baur, Trude Bechmann and Kurt Böwe . It is a biopic of the German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler .[ 1]
Reimar J. Baur as Johannes Kepler
Trude Bechmann as Katharina Kepler – Mutter
Kurt Böwe as Tycho Brahe
Karin Gregorek as Margarete Kepler – Schwester
Katharina Thalbach as Ursula Haller
Arno Wyzniewski as Vogt Aulber
Martin Trettau as Pater Paul Guldin
Günther Grabbert as Oswald Gabelkofer
Dieter Franke as Pfarrer Binder
Rolf Hoppe as Emperor Rudolf II.
Manfred Zetzsche as Ernst von Köln
Friedo Solter as Lucas Leyser
Friedrich Richter as Michael Maestlin
Käthe Reichel as Frau Haller
Eva-Maria Hagen as Ursula Reinbold 'Reinboldin'
Barbara Dittus as Stadtwächterfrau
Günter Schubert as Stadtwächter
Gerd Ehlers as Verteidiger Rueff
Fred Delmare as Beutelsbacher
Erik S. Klein as Vogt Einhorn
Carl Heinz Choynski as Herr Schmidt
Gert Gütschow as Kammerdiener Lange
Hannjo Hasse as Oberkontrolleur
Jörg Panknin as Stadtknecht
Ernst Meincke as Jüngerer Stadtknecht
Thomas Langhoff as Dr. Jessenius
Hartmut Beer as Älterer Stadtknecht
Sadegh Shabaviz as Katholischer Hauptmann
Heinz Hupfer as Goldschmied
Mary-Edith Schreiber as Frau des Goldschmieds
Jan Bereska as Gerichtsknecht
Jörg Knochée as Gerichtsschreiber
Carmen-Maja Antoni as Gerichtsmagd
Günter Junghans as Longomontanus
Thomas Wolff as Tengnagel
Hellena Büttner as Ulla – Tychos dänische Magd
Karla Runkehl as Kristina Barbara Brahe – Tychos Frau
Sybille Schmidt as Elisabeth Brahe – Tychos Tochter
Werner Dissel as Richter
Anja Steinert as Frau Schmidt
Peter Hill as Schreiber von Gabelkofer
Axel Werner as Wächter
Gerd Funk as Jost Bürgi
Michael Gerber as Unterkontrolleur
Jan Spitzer as Ursinus
Marietta Grünwald as Schöne Frau
Kiril Popov as Reiteroberst
Jörg Gillner as Junger Jesuit
Wolfgang Greese as Andreas Schnabel
Mariana Ivanova. Cinema of Collaboration: DEFA Coproductions and International Exchange in Cold War Europe . Berghahn Books, 2019.