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Utz (film)

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Utz
Directed byGeorge Sluizer
Written byHugh Whitemore
Bruce Chatwin
Based onUtz
by Bruce Chatwin
Produced byJohn Goldschmidt
StarringArmin Mueller-Stahl
Brenda Fricker
Peter Riegert
Paul Scofield
CinematographyGérard Vandenberg
Edited byLin Friedman
Music byNicola Piovani
Production
companies
Viva Pictures
NDR
BBC Films
Academy Pictures
Distributed byKinowelt Filmverleih (Germany)
Viva Pictures (United Kingdom)
Release dates
Running time
98 minutes
CountriesGermany
Italy
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Utz is a 1992 drama film directed by George Sluizer, produced by John Goldschmidt and starring Brenda Fricker, Peter Riegert and Armin Mueller-Stahl. Mueller-Stahl won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

The film is based on the 1988 novel Utz by Bruce Chatwin, who also co-wrote the screenplay.

Premise

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An art dealer goes to Prague after the death of a friend, Baron von Utz, to obtain the Baron's priceless Meissen porcelain collection. He meets an old friend, Orlik, who tells him about the Baron's past while he struggles to discover what happened to the collection.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Berlinale: 1992 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
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