The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye

The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye
Directed by	Harald Vock
Written by	Harald Vock
Produced by	Günther Köpf Erich Tomek
Starring	Roy Black Uschi Glas Georg Thomalla
Cinematography	Heinz Hölscher
Edited by	Eva Zeyn
Music by	Gerhard Heinz
Production company	Divina-Film
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	26 November 1971 (1971-11-26)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye (German: Hochwürden drückt ein Auge zu) is a 1971 West German comedy film directed by Harald Vock and starring Roy Black, Uschi Glas and Georg Thomalla.^[1] It was followed by a 1972 sequel Always Trouble with the Reverend.

It was partly shot on location around Lake Wörthersee in the Austrian state of Carinthia.^{[citation needed]}

Synopsis

A well-meaning priest gets himself into a number of scrapes.

Cast

• Roy Black as Michael Springer
• Uschi Glas as Barbara Jansen
• Georg Thomalla as Pfarrer Himmelreich
• Peter Weck as Thomas Springer
• Fritz Eckhardt as Bischof
• Heinz Reincke as Alfred
• Hans Tügel as Kapitän Jansen
• Elisabeth Felchner as Mathilde
• Erik Frey as Bürgermeister
• Alexander Grill as Bus-Chauffeur
• Elisabeth Stiepl as Frau Bürgermeister
• Guido Wieland as Jochen
• Norbert Kammil
• Johann Sklenka as Matrose
• Myriam Dreifuss as Röschen
• Felix Dvorak as Branmeister
• Rudi Carrell as Rudi Carnel
• Heidi Hansen as Doris
• Ernst H. Hilbich as Polizist
• Paul Klinger as Narrator
• Chris Roberts as Georg

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p.269

Bibliography

• Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye at IMDb