The Sergeant's Daughter

The Sergeant's Daughter
Directed by	George Hurdalek
Written by	Carl Heinz Jarosy Kurt Heuser George Hurdalek
Based on	Zapfenstreich by Franz Adam Beyerlein
Starring	Johanna Matz Jan Hendriks Friedrich Domin
Cinematography	Georg Bruckbauer
Edited by	Margarete von Schlieffen
Music by	Theo Mackeben
Production companies	Como Film Royal-Produktion
Distributed by	Allianz Filmverleih
Release date	3 October 1952 (1952-10-03)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Sergeant's Daughter (German: Der große Zapfenstreich) is a 1952 West German war romance film directed by George Hurdalek and starring Johanna Matz, Jan Hendriks and Friedrich Domin. It was based on a 1903 novel by Franz Adam Beyerlein which portrayed life in the army of Wilhelm II.

It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location at historic barracks at Ingolstadt. The film's sets were designed by Robert Herlth and Kurt Herlth.

Synopsis

Before the outbreak of the First World War, the daughter of a sergeant in the cavalry falls in love with a junior officer, despite already being engaged to another soldier.

Cast

• Johanna Matz as Kläre Volkhardt
• Jan Hendriks as Leutnant Christian von Lauffen
• Friedrich Domin as Wachtmeister Volkhardt
• Paul Hartmann as Freiherr von Lauffen
• O.E. Hasse as Rittmeister Graf Ledenburg
• Maria Wimmer as Madeleine, Baronin Hügener
• Harry Meyen as Leutnant Robert Kroldt
• Rudolf Fernau as Baron Hügener, Rittergutsbesitzer
• Max Eckard as Unteroffizier Fritz Helbig
• Herbert Hübner as Major Paeschke, Kriegsgerichtsrat
• Franz Muxeneder as Ulan Graboviak, Bursche
• Wolfgang Büttner as Vizewachtmeister Queiss
• Annette Carell as Bettina von Laufen
• Otto Friebel
• Ellen Hille
• Bert Brandt
• Helmut Oeser
• Charles Regnier

See also

• Curfew (1925)

Bibliography

• Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Sergeant's Daughter at IMDb