Johannes Kepler (film)

1974 East German historical drama film

Johannes Kepler

Directed by| Frank Vogel
Written by|

* Manfred Freitag
* Joachim Nestler
* Frank Vogel

Starring|

* Reimar J. Baur
* Trude Bechmann
* Kurt Böwe

Cinematography| Otto Hanisch
Edited by| Evelyn Carow
Music by| Gerhard Rosenfeld

Production
company

DEFA

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]

## Cast

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* 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

## References

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1. ^ Ivanova p.187

## Bibliography

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* Mariana Ivanova. Cinema of Collaboration: DEFA Coproductions and International Exchange in Cold War Europe. Berghahn Books, 2019.

## External links

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* Johannes Kepler at IMDb

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