Johannes Kepler (film)

Johannes Kepler is a 1974 East German historical drama film directed by Frank Vogel and starring Reimar Johannes Baur [de], Trude Bechmann and Kurt Böwe. It is a biopic of the German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler.^[1]

Johannes Kepler
Directed by	Frank Vogel
Written by	Manfred Freitag Joachim Nestler Frank Vogel
Starring	Reimar Johannes Baur [de] Trude Bechmann Kurt Böwe
Cinematography	Otto Hanisch
Edited by	Evelyn Carow
Music by	Gerhard Rosenfeld
Production company	DEFA
Distributed by	Progress Film
Release date	15 November 1974 (1974-11-15)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	East Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Reimar Johannes Baur [de] as Johannes Kepler
• Trude Bechmann as Katharina Kepler – Mutter
• Kurt Böwe as Tycho Brahe
• Karin Gregorek as Margarete Kepler – Schwester
• Katharina Thalbach as Ursula Haller
• Arno Wyzniewski as Vogt Aulber
• Martin Trettau as Pater Paul Guldin
• Günther Grabbert as Oswald Gabelkofer
• Dieter Franke as Pfarrer Binder
• Rolf Hoppe as Emperor Rudolf II.
• Manfred Zetzsche as Ernst von Köln
• Friedo Solter as Lucas Leyser
• Friedrich Richter as Michael Maestlin
• Käthe Reichel as Frau Haller
• Eva-Maria Hagen as Ursula Reinbold 'Reinboldin'
• Barbara Dittus as Stadtwächterfrau
• Günter Schubert as Stadtwächter
• Gerd Ehlers as Verteidiger Rueff
• Fred Delmare as Beutelsbacher
• Erik S. Klein as Vogt Einhorn
• Carl Heinz Choynski as Herr Schmidt
• Gert Gütschow as Kammerdiener Lange
• Hannjo Hasse as Oberkontrolleur
• Jörg Panknin as Stadtknecht
• Ernst Meincke as Jüngerer Stadtknecht
• Thomas Langhoff as Dr. Jessenius
• Hartmut Beer as Älterer Stadtknecht
• Sadegh Shabaviz as Katholischer Hauptmann
• Heinz Hupfer as Goldschmied
• Mary-Edith Schreiber as Frau des Goldschmieds
• Jan Bereska as Gerichtsknecht
• Jörg Knochée as Gerichtsschreiber
• Carmen-Maja Antoni as Gerichtsmagd
• Günter Junghans as Longomontanus
• Thomas Wolff as Tengnagel
• Hellena Büttner as Ulla – Tychos dänische Magd
• Karla Runkehl as Kristina Barbara Brahe – Tychos Frau
• Sybille Schmidt as Elisabeth Brahe – Tychos Tochter
• Werner Dissel as Richter
• Anja Steinert as Frau Schmidt
• Peter Hill as Schreiber von Gabelkofer
• Axel Werner as Wächter
• Gerd Funk as Jost Bürgi
• Michael Gerber as Unterkontrolleur
• Jan Spitzer as Ursinus
• Marietta Grünwald as Schöne Frau
• Kiril Popov as Reiteroberst
• Jörg Gillner as Junger Jesuit
• Wolfgang Greese as Andreas Schnabel