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Colonel Redl

Country: Yugoslavia | Hungary | Austria | West Germany, Language: German, 144 mins

Original Title

Oberst Redl
  • Director: István Szabó
  • Writer: Péter Dobai; John Osborne
  • Producer: József Marx

CGiii Comment

Suppressed homosexuality in the military...

A fine piece of film-making of almost epic proportions.

And, faultless performances - especially from Brandauer.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.

Cast & Characters

Klaus Maria Brandauer as Alfred Redl ezredes;
Hans Christian Blech as von Roden ezredes;
Armin Mueller-Stahl as Trónörökös;
Gudrun Landgrebe as Kubinyi Katalin;
Jan Niklas as Kubinyi Kristóf;
László Mensáros as Ruzitska ezredes;
András Bálint as Dr. Gustav Sonnenschein;
László Gálffi as Alfredo Velocchio;
Dorottya Udvaros as Clarissa;
Károly Eperjes as Jaromil Schorm hadnagy;
Róbert Rátonyi as Ullmann báró;
János Ács as úr a galiciai bálon;
Ferenc Ágota;
Albert Almási;
András Ambrus as Altiszt