Utz (film)

Movie
German title	Utz
Original title	Utz
Country of production	Great Britain
original language	English
Publishing year	1992
length	98 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	George Sluizer
script	Hugh Whitemore , Bruce Chatwin
production	John Goldschmidt
music	Nicola Piovani
camera	Gérard Vandenberg
cut	Lin Friedman
occupation
Armin Mueller-Stahl : Baron Kaspar Joachim von Utz Brenda Fricker : Marta Peter Riegert : Marius Fisher Paul Scofield : Dr. Vaclav Orlik Gaye Brown : Ada Krasova Miriam Karlin : Utz's grandmother Pauline Melville : Museum Curator Adrian Brine : head waiter Peter Mackriel : Church servant Caroline Guthrie : young Marta Clark Dunbar : Doctor Vera Soukupova : favorite diva

Utz is a British film drama directed by George Sluizer from the year 1992 . It is based on the novel Utz by Bruce Chatwin . The model for the figure of the collector Kaspar von Utz was the Prague porcelain and glass collector Rudolf Just.

action

In 1989, after the death of Baron von Utz, an art dealer friend of mine visits the city of Prague in what was then the Czechoslovak Republic (ČSR). His aim is to clarify the whereabouts of the baron's priceless and unique collection of figurines made from Meissen porcelain . He meets an old friend of the baron who tells him about the baron's past.

production

The television stations NDR and BBC were also involved in the production of the film . The shooting took place in the summer of 1991 in Prague and the surrounding area.

The first performance on German television was on December 23, 1995 on NDR television (Nord 3) .

criticism

“A study, written in artful flashback technique, about the position of art and collectors within a time ruled by ideology and dictatorship, as well as about the personal endangering effects of individualism in an eccentric way. (Cinema tip from the Catholic film review) "

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

• Silver Bear 1992 as best actor for Armin Mueller-Stahl.
• Golden Camera 1993 for Armin Mueller-Stahl as actor.

Web links

• Utz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Utz at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Just collection on Stimme.de
2. ↑ Krimi gut alles gut on zeit.de
3. ↑ Porcelain auction in London on faz.net
4. ↑ Utz. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 25, 2016 .  
5. ↑ Silver Bear
6. ↑ Golden Camera