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Directed by | Walter Reisch |
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Cinematography | Göran Strindberg |
Edited by | Rudolf Schaad |
Music by | Werner Eisbrenner |
Production company | Fama Film |
Distributed by | Allianz Film |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
The Cornet (‹See Tfd›German: Der Cornet. Die Weise von Liebe und Tod) is a 1955 West German historical film war film directed by Walter Reisch and starring Götz von Langheim, Anita Björk and Wolfgang Preiss.[1][2]
Set during the Great Turkish War, the film is related to the 1912 poem The Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke. It was shot in Eastmancolor. Location filming took place in Würzburg in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wolf Englert.