Utz | |
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Directed by | George Sluizer |
Produced by | John Goldschmidt |
Written by |
Hugh Whitemore Bruce Chatwin |
Starring |
Armin Mueller-Stahl Brenda Fricker Peter Riegert Paul Scofield |
Music by | Nicola Piovani |
Cinematography | Gérard Vandenberg |
Edited by | Lin Friedman |
Distributed by | First Run Features |
Release date
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1992 |
Running time
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98 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Utz is a 1992 dramatic 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.
The film is based on the 1988 novel Utz by Bruce Chatwin, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
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.