Utz (film)

Utz is a 1992 drama film directed by George Sluizer, produced by John Goldschmidt and starring Brenda Fricker, Peter Riegert and Armin Mueller-Stahl. Mueller-Stahl won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.^[1]

Utz
Directed by	George Sluizer
Written by	Hugh Whitemore Bruce Chatwin
Based on	Utz by Bruce Chatwin
Produced by	John Goldschmidt
Starring	Armin Mueller-Stahl Brenda Fricker Peter Riegert Paul Scofield
Cinematography	Gérard Vandenberg
Edited by	Lin Friedman
Music by	Nicola Piovani
Production companies	Viva Pictures NDR BBC Films Academy Pictures
Distributed by	Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany) Viva Pictures (United Kingdom)
Release dates	21 February 1992 (1992-02-21) (Berlin International Film Festival) 13 March 1992 (1992-03-13) (United Kingdom) 28 January 1993 (1993-01-28) (Germany)
Running time	98 minutes
Countries	Germany Italy United Kingdom
Language	English

The film is based on the 1988 novel Utz by Bruce Chatwin, who also co-wrote the screenplay.

Premise

An art dealer goes to Prague after the death of a friend, Baron von Utz, to obtain the Baron's priceless Meissen porcelain collection. He meets an old friend, Orlik, who tells him about the Baron's past while he struggles to discover what happened to the collection.

Cast

• Armin Mueller-Stahl as Baron Kaspar Joachim von Utz
• Brenda Fricker as Marta
• Peter Riegert as Marius Fisher
• Paul Scofield as Doctor Vaclav Orlik
• Gaye Brown as Ada Krasova
• Miriam Karlin as Grandmother
• Pauline Melville as Curator
• Adrian Brine as Head Waiter
• Peter Mackriel as Janitor
• Caroline Guthrie as Young Marta
• Clark Dunbar as Doctor