Trotta (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Trotta

| image = File:Trotta film.jpg

| caption =

| director = Johannes Schaaf

| producer =

| writer = {{ubl|Joseph Roth|Johannes Schaaf|Maximilian Schell}}

| starring = András Bálint

| music =

| cinematography = Wolfgang Treu

| editing = Dagmar Hirtz

| studio = {{ubl|Independent Film|Johannes Schaff Productions}}

| distributor = Constantin Film

| released = {{film date|1971|11|16|df=yes}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = German

| budget =

}}

Trotta is a 1971 West German film directed by Johannes Schaaf. It is based on the 1938 novel Die Kapuzinergruft (The Emperor's Tomb) by Austrian author Joseph Roth. It was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 45th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not receive a nomination.{{cite web | author = H. G. Pflaum | title = On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | publisher = German Films | url = http://www.german-films.de/en/germanfilmsquaterly/previousissues/topicalsubjects/focuson/thetindrum-alonevictor/index.html | accessdate = 2008-08-27 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20070813145148/http://www.german-films.de/en/germanfilmsquaterly/previousissues/topicalsubjects/focuson/thetindrum-alonevictor/index.html | archivedate = 2007-08-13 }}Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences It was also entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2327/year/1972.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Trotta |accessdate=2009-04-15|work=festival-cannes.com}}