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Café Odeon

Café Odeon

1959Movie⏱️ 1h 30m
Drama
6.6
IMDB Rating
68 votes

Director
Kurt Früh
Writers
N/A
Stars
Emil Hegetschweiler, Margrit Winter, Blanche Aubry
Release Date
March 28, 1959
Language
Swiss German
Country
Switzerland
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

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Emil Hegetschweiler
as Walter - Oberkellner
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Margrit Winter
as Leni Feller
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Blanche Aubry
as Blanche - Prostituierte
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Erwin Kohlund
as Dr. Albin Kartmann - Gymnasialprofessor
Hans Gaugler
Hans Gaugler
as Hans Feller
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Eva Langraf
as Lily Kartmann
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Sylvia Frank
as Anni Neuenschwander - Lenis Schwester
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Ettore Cella
as Gábor Kovács - Opernsänger aus Budapest
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Max Werner Lenz
as Herr Läubli - zeitungslesender Gast
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Alfred Schlageter
as Gefängnisdirektor

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
«Gesellenhaus» Wolfbach, Zürich, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland
Production
Gloriafilm A.G.

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

A failure with highlights
by semiotechlab-658-954442010-10-24
10/10

"Kurt Früh, who directed this movie, wrote in his last book "Rückblenden" (1975) that he considers this movie a failure. As we know from his collaborators, Präsens-Film and mostly Lazar Wechsler were afraid when they read Früh's original treatment: What Früh had in mind was nothing less than a Zurich variation a la Fellini's "Notte Di Calabria", however, with a strong twist in direction of a history of morality. When Wechsler had told Früh his severe doubts that the original story with its "Libertinages" and "Débauches" would be refused both by ..."

💡 Did You Know?

The petite old woman who sells the character of Erwin Kohlund flowers, when he meets with the character of Margrit Winter at the river Limmat, can be seen for a shirt time in Kurt Früh's earlier movie "Bäckerei Zürrer" (1957), when she buys a piece of Apple-pie in the "Alcohol-free Restaurant", where Zürrer and his old friend Fink meet after Zürrer's children have taken over his bakery. Such reappearances are typical for Früh's movies. The old lady's name, however, seems to remain unknown.

📖 Synopsis

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