Arms and the Man
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Franz Peter Wirth
O. W. Fischer
Liselotte Pulver
Ellen Schwiers
Jan Hendriks
Ljuba Welitsch
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In the 1890's, the war between the Bulgarians and the Serbs ends when Bulgarian Lieut. Sergius Saranoff routs the forces of Captain Bluntschli, the Swiss-born mercenary in charge of Serbian artillery. While fleeing from the enemy, Bluntschli takes refuge in the bedroom of Raina Petkoff, Sergius' fiancée. Raina's pride in her fiancé's victory becomes somewhat deflated when she learns that the Serbs fled because their ammunition did not fit their cannon. Bluntschli spends the night in Raina's bedroom but leaves shortly before daybreak. When he returns at the conclusion of the peace negotiations, however, he gives Raina cause to wonder whether she has chosen the right man to wed. Her hesitation makes Sergius increasingly impatient, and he eventually challenges Bluntschli to a duel. When the superior Bluntschli easily knocks the sword out of his opponent's hand, Sergius realizes that he has lost Raina, and he defies all social convention by turning to the sultry Petkoff maid, Louka, and asking her to marry him. The Petkoffs are delighted to welcome Bluntschli, the heir to a number of flourishing Swiss hotels, as their new son-in-law.
Director
Franz Peter Wirth
Cast
O. W. Fischer
Liselotte Pulver
Ellen Schwiers
Jan Hendriks
Ljuba Welitsch
Kurt Kasznar
Manfred Inger
Crew
Claus Von Boro
F. W. Dustmann
Horst Rainer Erler
P. Goldbaum
Franz Grothe
Rolf Kästel
Eberhard Keindorff
Bruno Monden
Herbert Ploberger
Klaus Von Rautenfeld
Knut Seedorf
Johanna Sibelius
H. R. Sokal
Dietrich Von Theobald
Hermann Warm
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Foreign Language Film
Quotes
We meet at dawn behind the village... and bring your sword.- Fiancee
I'm an artilleryman - I'll bring my cannon.- Bluntschli
Trivia
Notes
Released in West Germany in 1959 as Helden; running time: 96 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter February 1962
Released in United States Winter February 1962
