Catherine de Heilbronn | |
Director: | Éric Rohmer |
Cinematography: | Francis Junek |
Editing: | Thérèse Sonntag |
Runtime: | 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]
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.