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Release Year1962
Runtime1h 43m
LanguageGerman
CertificationNR
GenresComedy, Drama
Votes3
DirectorMartin Hellberg
WritersGotthold Ephraim Lessing, Martin Hellberg
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.3 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsMinna von Barnhelm oder Das Soldatenglück
About Minna von Barnhelm oder Das Soldatenglück
This film takes place during the Seven Years' War. The Prussian Major von Tellheim has become engaged to the Saxon noblewoman Minna von Barnhelm. After the war, the King - in an unwarranted move - deprives the major of his honor. Von Tellheim becomes impoverished and, filled with shame, breaks off his relationship to Minna. An innkeeper in Berlin, who is a police informer, makes the Major move to a shabby little attic because he cannot pay his debt. In the meantime, Minna has also arrived at the inn. She and her lady's maid Franziska are questioned and spied on by the nosy innkeeper. Minna has followed her beloved Tellheim and she now cunningly manages to elicit a new declaration of love from him...
Directed by Martin Hellberg, Minna von Barnhelm oder Das Soldatenglück leans on a strong ensemble — Marita Böhme, Otto Mellies, Christel Bodenstein — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about comedy titles of 1962.
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