Leutnant Gustl

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...

Ewald Balser

Oberst Brunnthaler

Peter Weck

Leutnant Gustav "Gustl" Wilfert

Carlo Böhm

Ordonnanz Ebner

Kurt Meisel

Major Aloys Mokry

Ernst Stankovski

Oberleutnant Doschensky

Egon von Jordan

Oberstleutnant Zindler

Franz Messner

Leutnant Kopetzky

Christiane Hörbiger

Anna Riedl

Hans Moser

Johann Habetswallner

Emmy Percy-Wüstenhagen

Frau Beierl

Alfred Reiterer

Alfred Doschenstzky

Fritz Schmiedel

Major Nehuda

• John OldenDirector

Release date

March 26, 1963

Status

Released

Original language

German

Genres

Drama