Johannes Kepler (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
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.

Cast

• 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

Bibliography

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

External links

• Johannes Kepler at IMDb