Der Mann im Schilf

Overview

In 1934, young archaeologist Robert returns to his home in Salzburg after spending several years working in Crete. He wants to officially break up with his original fiancée Hannah, as he has fallen in love with his employer's wife. But his personal plans get caught up in the political turmoil of the Austrian coup year. In a small village, he and Hannah find themselves caught between the fronts of the coup plotters and the Home Guard troops. A defenseless deaf-mute is to be lynched as a scapegoat. To protect him, Robert invents a mysterious "man in the reeds." But Hannah also eventually falls victim to the unrest.

Cast

Jean Sorel

Robert

Erika Pluhar

Hanna

Nathalie Delon

Loraine

Bernhard Wicki

Sir Gerald

Kurt Weinzierl

Schemnitzky

Heinz Bennent

Felix

Tilo Prückner

Landstreicher

Rudolf Schündler

Pfarrer

Karl Renar

Sedlak

Elisabeth Stepanek