Willy
Cast & Crew
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Allan A. Buckhantz
Director
Hubert Persicke
Willy
Hannelore Schroth
Klara
Edith Schultze-westrum
Grandmother
Joseph Offenbach
Herbst
Peter Kuiper
Scott
Film Details
Release Date
Jan
1963
Premiere Information
Los Angeles opening: 18 Dec 1963
Production Company
ABA
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The First Lesson by Günter Rudorf (production undetermined).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 13m
Synopsis
Willy, the illegitimate son of a German woman and an American Negro soldier, finds himself surrounded by prejudice in the small German town where he lives. At the age of 15, he is the only black person in town; he has trouble in school, cannot find a job, and discovers that even his grandmother's love for him is tainted by prejudice. After receiving his mother's permission, he goes to Hamburg, where there are more Negroes, to search for a better life.
Director
Allan A. Buckhantz
Director
Cast
Hubert Persicke
Willy
Hannelore Schroth
Klara
Edith Schultze-westrum
Grandmother
Joseph Offenbach
Herbst
Peter Kuiper
Scott
Klaus Behrendt
Teacher
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Brother
Kurt A. Jung
Agent
Viktoria Von Campe
Secretary
Wilhelm Fricke
Herbert
Arnfried Lerche
Wolfgang
Crew
Ludwig Berger
Director of Photography
Allan A. Buckhantz
Producer
Nicholas Carras
Composer
Nicholas Carras
Music
Klaus Dudenhöfer
Film Editor
Hans Ebel
Sound
Frank Guthke
Assistant Director
Ric Marlow
Composer
Mathias Matthies
Art Director
National General Corp.
Presented By
Günter Rudorf
Screenwriter
Ellen Schmidt
Art Director
Marcus Scholz
Adaptation
Film Details
Release Date
Jan
1963
Premiere Information
Los Angeles opening: 18 Dec 1963
Production Company
ABA
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The First Lesson by Günter Rudorf (production undetermined).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 13m
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Trivia
Notes
Filmed on location in Hamburg in 1963 for German television.
