Man on Horseback

Man on Horseback
Man on Horseback

German poster
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Produced by Jerry Bick
Rob Houwer
Written by Edward Bond
Volker Schlöndorff
Heinrich von Kleist
Clement Biddle Wood
Starring David Warner
Cinematography Willy Kurant
Editing by Claus von Boro
Release date(s) April 11, 1969 (1969-04-11) (West Germany)
Running time 99 minutes
Country Germany
Language German

Man on Horseback (German: Michael Kohlhaas – der Rebell) is a 1969 German drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff based on a novel by Heinrich Von Kleist. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Man on Horseback". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2508/year/1969.html. Retrieved 2009-04-08. 

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v · d · eFilms directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Fiction films
Young Törless · A Degree of Murder · Man on Horseback · Baal · Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach · Morals of Ruth Halbfass · A Free Woman · Übernachtung in Tirol · The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum · Coup de Grâce · Germany in Autumn · The Tin Drum · The Circle of Deceit · War and Peace · Swann in Love · Death of a Salesman · A Gathering of Old Men · The Handmaid's Tale · The Voyager · The Ogre · Palmetto · The Legend of Rita · The Ninth Day · Enigma - Eine uneingestandene Liebe · Strike · Ulzhan
Documentaries
Nur zum Spaß, nur zum Spiel · The Candidate · The Michael Nyman Songbook · Ein Produzent hat Seele oder er hat keine · Billy Wilder Speaks

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