Encounter in Salzburg

Encounter in Salzburg
Directed by	Max Friedmann
Written by	Thomas Münster
Produced by	Peter Bamberger Erwin Heiner Moll
Starring	Curd Jürgens Nadia Gray Viktor de Kowa
Cinematography	Georg Krause
Edited by	Hermann Ludwig
Music by	Peter Thomas
Production company	Paris Interproductions
Distributed by	Schorcht Filmverleih
Release date	19 March 1964 (1964-03-19)
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	France West Germany
Language	German

Encounter in Salzburg (German: Begegnung in Salzburg) is a 1964 French-West German drama film directed by Max Friedmann and starring Curd Jürgens, Nadia Gray and Viktor de Kowa.^[1]

A rich man visits the Salzburg Festival, watches Jedermann, and dies.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne.

Plot

West Germany, in the early 1960s: Hans Willke is the industrial manager of the Terstappen works with 6,000 employees. His life, characterized by duty and responsibility, has been geared almost entirely to his job and he neglects his wife. After the death of her twins, she withdrew completely into herself. Willke has the feeling that he is missing out on something in real life. He spontaneously decides to go to Salzburg to see his old friend, the actor Bernhard von Wangen. He is rehearsing the stage play "Jedermann" in Salzburg. In the evening he meets the young Manuela in a cellar bar. Willke falls in love with the young woman and wants to enjoy life again. Suddenly, Willke's existence seems pointless, the sacrifice for his job a waste. As he plunges headlong into his new life, his body rebels. His heart stops, momentarily plunging him in a turbulent stream of consciousness and forcing him to face his anxieties and doubts. In the end, he suffers a fatal heart attack.

Cast

• Curd Jürgens as Hans Wilke, General Director
• Nadia Gray as Felicitas Wilke
• Viktor de Kowa as Bernhard von Wangen
• Walter Giller as Kröner, Insurance Agent
• Danièle Gaubert as Manuela
• Paul Dahlke as Insurance Director
• Marte Harell as Fräulein Niederalt, Secretary
• Alexander Allerson as Mahlke
• Maurice Bernard as Preetz
• Günther Jerschke as Direktor Wechsel
• Eduard Linkers
• Armand Mestral as Dr. Neubert
• Joachim Rake as Direktor Brähm
• Rolf von Nauckhoff as Hiesemann

References

1. Goble p.231

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Encounter in Salzburg at IMDb