Catherine de Heilbronn

Catherine de Heilbronn
Directed by	Éric Rohmer
Written by	Éric Rohmer
Based on	the play Das Käthchen von Heilbronn  by Heinrich von Kleist
Starring	Pascale Ogier Pascal Greggory
Cinematography	Francis Junek
Edited by	Thérèse Sonntag
Release dates	1980
Running time	138 mins
Country	France
Language	French

Catherine de Heilbronn is a 1980 French TV film made by Éric Rohmer for the television channel Antenne 2. It is a record of Rohmer's stage production of the play Das Käthchen von Heilbronn by Heinrich von Kleist at the Théâtre des Amandiers in 1979. The cast includes Pascale Ogier, Arielle Dombasle, Marie Rivière, Jean-Marc Bory and Pascal Greggory.^[1][2]

Plot

In the Middle Ages, the earl Wetter von Strahl is accused of having bewitched Catherine, the daughter of the gunsmith of Heilbronn; the earl tries to exonerate himself in the interrogation of the young woman.

Cast

• Pascale Ogier, as Catherine de Heilbronn
• Pascal Greggory, as Friedrich Wetter, comte Strahl
• Arielle Dombasle, as Kunigunde de Thurneck
• Jean-Marc Bory, as Theobald Friedeborn
• Marie Rivière as Brigitte

References

1. Review of Éric Rohmer coffret intégrale (Éditions Potemkine, 2013). Cathérine de Heilbronn is included as a supplement to the DVD disk Die Marquise von O. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
2. Video of rehearsal scenes and stage designs at INA (Institut national de l'audiovisuel). Retrieved 10 January 2015.

External links

• Catherine de Heilbronn at the Internet Movie Database