The House in Karp Lane
{{Short description|1965 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The House in Karp Lane
| image = The House in Karp Lane.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = Kurt Hoffmann
| producer = Heinz Angermeyer
| writer = {{ubl|Gerd Angermann|M. Y. Ben-Gavriel (novel)}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Jana Brejchová|Edith Schultze-Westrum|Wolfgang Kieling}}
| music = Zdeněk Liška
| cinematography = Josef Illík
| editing = Dagmar Hirtz
| studio = {{ubl|Filmaufbau|Independent Film}}
| distributor = Neue Filmform Heiner Braun
| released = {{Film date|1965|03|12|df=yes}}
| runtime = 110 minutes
| country = West Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The House in Karp Lane ({{langx|de|Das Haus in der Karpfengasse}}) is a 1965 West German drama film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Jana Brejchová, Edith Schultze-Westrum and Wolfgang Kieling.
It portrays the Jewish residents of a Prague boarding house during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. While the film received several awards, it was a major commercial failure.Bock & Bergfelder p.207 Hoffmann then returned to directing the comedies he was better known for.
The film was shot at the Barrandov Studios in Prague, and on location around the city.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Jana Brejchová as Božena
- Edith Schultze-Westrum as Alte Kauders
- Wolfgang Kieling as Karl Marek
- František Filipovský as Alter Kauders
- Ladislav Kríz as Emil Kauders
- Rosel Schäfer as Olga Marek
- Helmut Schmid as Leutnant Slezak
- {{ill|Walter Taub|de|Valter Taub}} as Salomon Laufer
- Hana Vítová as Mali Laufer
- Peter Herrmann as Ernst Laufer
- Tamara Kafková as Frieda Laufer
- Martin Gregor as Marcel Lederer
- Margrit Weiler as Bertha Lederer
- Walter Buschhoff as Krauthammer
- Jiří Holý as Klossmann
- Rudolf Hrušínský as Karl Glaser
- Karl-Otto Alberty as Leopold Glaser
- Ludmila Pesková as Anna Krummbein
- Václav Voska as Leo Mautner
- Eva Maria Meineke as Lilly Mautner
- Ivan Mistrík as Milan Schramek
- Berno von Cramm as Behrend
- Jan Tříska as Kolowrat
- Libuse Pesková
- Josef Beyvl
- Rudolf Deyl
}}
References
{{reflist}}
Bibliography
- Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0057131}}
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Category:1960s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Kurt Hoffmann
Category:Films shot at Barrandov Studios
Category:Films based on Israeli novels
Category:Czech resistance to Nazi occupation in film
Category:German World War II films
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