Maresi

1948 Austrian film

Alexander Lernet-Holenia (novel)
Peter Francke
Kurt Heuser

Produced byAnton ProfesStarring

Attila Hörbiger
Maria Schell
Siegfried Breuer

CinematographyOskar SchnirchEdited byHenny BrünschMusic byAnton Profes

Production
company

Unitas Film

Distributed by

Sascha-Film
Herzog-Filmverleih (Germany)

Release date

5 November 1948 (1948-11-05)

Running time

86 minutesCountryAustriaLanguageGerman

Maresi is a 1948 Austrian period drama film directed by Hans Thimig and starring Attila Hörbiger, Maria Schell and Siegfried Breuer.^[1] It was one of the box offices successes of 1948.^[2]

The film was based on the 1935 story of the same title by the Austrian writer Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897 - 1976).

The film's sets were designed by the art director Julius von Borsody.

Cast

Attila Hörbiger as Franz von Hübner
Maria Schell as Blanka von Steinville
Siegfried Breuer as Tabakovitsch
Helene Croy as Frau von Hübner
Franz Pfaudler as Graf Steinville
Maria Olszewska as Gräfin Steinville
Alfred Neugebauer as Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand
Anton Pointner as Der Oberst
Georg Tressler as Der Richter
Josef Albin as Kriminalinspektor Weniger
Camillo Kossuth as Der Diener Ferdinand
Max Schipper as Der Reitbursche Johann
Gretl Müller-Morelli as Madame Elektra
Hugo Lindinger as Ein dicker Fleischhauer
Eduard Loibner as Matthias Loy - ein Kutscher
Franz Muxeneder as Hausdiener bei Franz von Hübner

References

^ Fritsche p.234
^ Von Dassanowsky p.129

Bibliography

Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.
Von Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.