The Goose of Sedan

The Goose of Sedan
Directed by	Helmut Käutner
Produced by	Paul Claudon Walter Ulbrich
Written by	Jean L'Hôte (novel) Helmut Käutner
Starring	Hardy Krüger Jean Richard Dany Carrel Françoise Rosay
Music by	Bernhard Eichhorn
Cinematography	Jacques Letellier
Edited by	Klaus Dudenhöfer
Production company	UFA C.A.P.A.C.
Distributed by	UFA (West Germany)
Release dates	22 December 1959
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France West Germany
Language	German

The Goose of Sedan (German: Die Gans von Sedan) is a 1959 French-West German comedy war film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Hardy Krüger, Jean Richard and Dany Carrel. It was based on the novel Un Dimanche au Champ D'Honneur by Jean L'Hôte. The film was one of a growing number of co-productions between the two countries during the era.^[1] It was also released under the alternative title Without Trumpet or Drum.

Synopsis

After the Battle of Sedan during the Franco-Prussian War a pair of soldiers, one French and one German, become separated from their respective units. Taking shelter in a farmhouse, the two begin to bond despite their rivalry over a woman.

Partial Cast

Hardy Krüger as Fritz Brösicke
Jean Richard as Leon Riffard
Dany Carrel as Marguerite
Françoise Rosay as La grand-mère de Marguerite
Theo Lingen as Colonel Tuplitz
Helmut Käutner as Königliche Hoheit
Fritz Tillmann as Hauptmann Knöpfer
Ralf Wolter as Uhlan Lehmann
Lucien Nat as Captain

References

↑ Bergfelder p.63

Bibliography

Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.

External links

The Goose of Sedan at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Helmut Käutner

Kitty and the World Conference (1939)
Clothes Make the Man (1940)
Woman Made to Measure (1940)
We Make Music (1942)
Anuschka (1942)
Romance in a Minor Key (1943)
Große Freiheit Nr. 7 (1944)
Under the Bridges (1946)
In Those Days (1947)
The Original Sin (1948)
The Last Bridge (1954)
Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs (1955)
Des Teufels General (1955)
The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
Love From Paris (1957)
The Rest Is Silence (1959)
The Goose of Sedan (1959)
A Glass of Water (1960)
Black Gravel (1961)
The Dream of Lieschen Mueller (1961)
Redhead (1962)
The House in Montevideo (1963)
Die Feuerzangenbowle (1970)

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