Man on Horseback | |
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Directed by | Volker Schlöndorff |
Produced by |
Jerry Bick Rob Houwer |
Written by |
Edward Bond Volker Schlöndorff Clement Biddle Wood |
Based on | Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist |
Starring | David Warner |
Music by | Stanley Myers |
Cinematography | Willy Kurant |
Edited by | Claus von Boro |
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Running time
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99 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | English German |
Man on Horseback (German: Michael Kohlhaas – der Rebell) is a 1969 German drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff based on the novel Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich Von Kleist. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.Another film based on the book was released at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
The primary cast spoke English and some minor characters spoke other languages with dubbing carried out later as needed for the different regions.