The Standard (film)

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The Standard
Directed byOttokar Runze
Written byHerbert Asmodi [de]
Based onThe Standard
by Alexander Lernet-Holenia
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMichael Epp
Edited byTamara Epp
Music byHans-Martin Majewski
Production
companies
  • Neue Thalia-Film
  • Norddeutsche Filmproduktion
  • Ottokar Runze Filmproduktion
  • Producciones Cinematográficas Orfeo
Distributed byGunther Wessel Filmverleih
Release date
18 May 1977
Running time
120 minutes
Countries
  • Austria
  • Spain
  • West Germany
Languages

The Standard (German: Die Standarte) is a 1977 war drama film directed by Ottokar Runze and starring Simon Ward, Siegfried Rauch and Peter Cushing.[1] It was made as a co-production between Austria, Spain and West Germany. The film is based on the 1934 novel The Standard by Alexander Lernet-Holenia, previously turned into a 1935 film My Life for Maria Isabella in Nazi Germany. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Scharff. Location shooting took place in Vienna and Toledo province in Spain.

Another English-language title of this film is Battle Flag.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Goble p.965

Bibliography[edit]

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

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