The Confessions of Felix Krull (TV series)
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| genre = Adventure
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| based_on = {{based on|The Confessions of Felix Krull|Thomas Mann}}
| writer = Alf Brustellin
Bernhard Sinkel
| director = Bernhard Sinkel
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| composer = Nikos Mamangakis
| country = Austria
France
West Germany
| language = German
| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = 5
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| producer = Peter Märthesheimer
Ian Warren
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| cinematography = Dietrich Lohmann
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| runtime = 60 minutes
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| channel = ZDF (West Germany)
| first_aired = {{start date|1982|1|24|df=y}}
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The Confessions of Felix Krull (German: Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull) is a 1982 adventure television series based on the novel of the same title by Thomas Mann. It was shot as a co-production between Austria, France and West Germany.
The story had previously been adapted into a 1957 film Confessions of Felix Krull.Bock & Bergfelder p.207
Main cast
- John Moulder-Brown as Felix Krull
- {{ill|Oliver Wehe|de}} as Felix Krull (Young)
- Magali Noël as Mme Houpflé
- Fernando Rey as Professor Kuckuck
- Rita Tushingham as Mrs. Twentyman
- Joss Ackland as Mr. Twentyman
- Hans Heinz Moser as Herr Sturzil
- Pierre Doris as Detective
- {{ill|Alain Flick|fr}} as Monsieur Machatschek
- Klaus Schwarzkopf as Father Krull
- {{ill|Daphne Wagner|de}} as Mother Krull
- Mareike Carrière as Olympia
- Franziska Walser as Genoveva
- Rolf Zacher as Stanko
- Vera Tschechowa as Maria Pia
- Georgia Slowe as Zouzou
- Kurt Raab as Sally Meerschaum
- Nikolaus Paryla as Schimmelpreester
- {{ill|Despina Pajanou|de}} as Rosza
- James Cossins as Lord Kilmarnock
- {{ill|Marie Colbin|de}} as Zaza
- {{ill|Benno Hoffmann|de}}
- Ulrich Beiger
- Loriot as Thomas Mann (cameo)
References
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0083383}}
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Category:1982 German television series debuts
Category:1982 German television series endings
Category:1982 French television series debuts
Category:1982 French television series endings
Category:German English-language television shows
Category:French-language television shows
Category:German-language television shows
Category:Films based on works by Thomas Mann
Category:Television shows based on German novels