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Anton Sittinger

  • TV Movie
  • 19791979
  • 1h 40m
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  • Drama
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  • Director
    • Rainer Wolffhardt
  • Writers
    • Oskar Maria Graf(novel)
    • Helmut Pigge(adaptation for television)
  • Stars
    • Walter Sedlmayr
    • Veronika Fitz
    • Alfons Scharf
  • Director
    • Rainer Wolffhardt
  • Writers
    • Oskar Maria Graf(novel)
    • Helmut Pigge(adaptation for television)
  • Stars
    • Walter Sedlmayr
    • Veronika Fitz
    • Alfons Scharf
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    Walter Sedlmayr
    Walter Sedlmayr
    • Anton Sittingeras Anton Sittinger
    Veronika Fitz
    Veronika Fitz
    • Malwine Sittingeras Malwine Sittinger
    Alfons Scharf
    • Deiglmayras Deiglmayr
    Werner Eichhorn
    • Baron v. Plessenas Baron v. Plessen
    Fritz Straßner
    • Greitleras Greitler
    Michael Stippel
    • Hptm. Schlichtas Hptm. Schlicht
    Bernhard Helfrich
    • Lt. Eibenthaleras Lt. Eibenthaler
    Ulrich Beiger
    • Herbert Gotzingeras Herbert Gotzinger
    Suzanne Geyer
    • Anna Gotzingeras Anna Gotzinger
    Hans Stadtmüller
    • Wagereras Wagerer
    Franziska Stömmer
    • Frau Wagereras Frau Wagerer
    Rolf Straub
    • Grimmenmoseras Grimmenmoser
    Udo Thomer
    Udo Thomer
    • Hintereggeras Hinteregger
    Enzi Fuchs
    • Frau Hintereggeras Frau Hinteregger
    Michael Haimerl
    • Sohn Hintereggeras Sohn Hinteregger
    Werner Asam
    Werner Asam
    • Köstleras Köstler
    Rolf Castell
    • Hieblas Hiebl
    Thorwald Lössl
    • Breitmoseras Breitmoser
    • Director
      • Rainer Wolffhardt
    • Writers
      • Oskar Maria Graf(novel)
      • Helmut Pigge(adaptation for television)
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    7/10
    Not the first, not the best, but nevertheless an interesting looking into the psyche of your average German prior to WW2
    Anton Sittinger (Walter Sedlmayr) is as blue-collar as a they come: he's a postal-worker in Munich, lives happily with his wife Malwine (Veronika Fitz), care little to none about politics and would much rather read philosophical works of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. But the Weimar Republic is already in turmoil and slowly (but surely) the ideas of Hitler and his fascist party are creeping into the household and minds of the average citizens. Sittinger hopes that moving into the countryside will keep him and his wife out of the turmoil, but even there the "brown politics" are taking hold. Upon realizing that nothing will stop Hitler and his cronies, Malwina decides to enlist her husband as a member of the NSDAP.

    Oskar Maria Grafs original novella, which he saw as satirical observation, was published rather late at the dawn of the Second World War. It was meant as a parable to the commoners and everyday-folk (as one would put it in Germany), who essentially didn't care or were naïve toward the political situation of the post WW1 Weimar-republic but soon would become obedient hanger-ons, mainly due to the fear of being left behind if they'd choose the 'wrong side'. Like Graf once said about his novel: "There are thousands of people like Sittinger in every country".

    The late, tragic actor Walter Sedlmayr (he was murdered in 1990) not only plays the German Biedermann perfectly, but in many ways was for long also considered the archetypal representative of the (South)-German middle-class: conservative yet often critical of politics, down to earth, yet full of humour and, if necessary, full of what Bavarians call "Grant", which generally stands for a sense of contempt for anything that would disturb social-harmony. That was until shortly after his murder, when it came to light that Sedlmayr was a gay with a particular fondness for the kinky side of homosexuality.

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      • April 25, 1979 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Production company
      • Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
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      1 hour 40 minutes
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