Leutnant Gustl

Leutnant Gustl — Plot

In the foyer of a Viennese concert hall, Lieutenant Gustav Wilfert is called a "stupid boy" by master baker Habetswallner because of his clumsy arrogance and is grabbed by the pommel of his sabre without putting up a fight. A major witnessed the incident and, according to the army's code of honor, the lieutenant had lost his honor and should have shot himself. However, as the master baker died overnight, Gustl's testimony is pitted against that of the major in the court of honor. One of the main witnesses is Gustl's fiancée, Anna, who openly denounces the folly and obsolescence of chauvinistic notions of heroism. Finally, the meme-like Gustl awaits the verdict in her room...

• Release date
• March 26, 1963
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• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• John Olden

Leutnant Gustl — Cast

Ewald Balser Oberst Brunnthaler Peter Weck Leutnant Gustav "Gustl" Wilfert

C

Carlo Böhm Ordonnanz Ebner Kurt Meisel Major Aloys Mokry Ernst Stankovski Oberleutnant Doschensky Egon von Jordan Oberstleutnant Zindler

F

Franz Messner Leutnant Kopetzky Christiane Hörbiger Anna Riedl