Mich dürstet (1956)
1h 32m
Running Time
July 19, 1956Release Date
Plot.
Spain 1936: Despite the victory of the Popular Front, nothing has changed for the peasants; the grandees continue to oppress them. The poor peasant son Pablo fights back and encourages the others to demand their rights. The grandees flee. Students from Madrid arrive and help the rural population to democratize. Pablo falls in love with Magdalena and learns to read and write from her. When Franco begins his bloody attack on the young republic, they defend the village together. When Magdalena dies in a bombing raid by German planes, Pablo begins to hate the Germans. However, fighting together with the International Brigades, he realizes that there are other Germans too, and that they share a common enemy.
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Cast & Crew.

Edwin Marian
Pablo

Isabell Carenato
Magdalena

Harry Hindemith
Taga

Uwe-Jens Pape
Carlos

Maria Wendt
Pilar

Curt Paulus
Jacinto

Gert Beinemann
Pedro Bernardo

Rolf Ludwig
Cerefino

Harald Jopt
Lopez

Charles Hans Vogt
Rodriguez

Karl Block
Baptiste

Friedrich Wolf
Gustavo

Elfriede Florin
Barbara

Else Korén
Rosita

Rolf Ripperger
Edgar

Siegfried Hömke
Jirka

Johannes Knittel
Pierre

Fritz Decho
Jack

Hans-Joachim Martens
Jan

Hans Klering
Alcalde

Chang Li
Tschu

Günter Klostermann
Pietro

Harald Grünert
Peppl

Hermann Kiessner
Don Marcharo

Paul-Joachim Schneider
General Munioz de Liano

Heinz Appel
Pistolero

Erich Brauer
german

Wilhelm Otto Eckhardt
prelate

Horst Preusker
german

Will van Deeg
agent

Otto Merz
Director of Photography

Eberhard Schmidt
Original Music Composer

Karl Paryla
Director / Writer

Hildegard Tegener
Editor

Ferdinand Weintraub
Editor

Walter Gorrish
Writer

Johanna Lindner
Sound

Joachim Dittrich
Costume Design

Hans Kieselbach
Costume Design

Lutz Götz

Waldemar Jacobi

Frank Michelis

Alfred Lux

George Lannan

Kurt Barthel

Hans Schille

Karl Schnog

Johannes Siegert
Details.
Wiki.
Mich dürstet is an East German film. The film was directed by Austrian socialist filmmaker Karl Paryla for the state-owned DEFA film studio. It was released in 1956. The film was based on a 1946 short story by Walter Gorrisch, "Um Spaniens Freiheit" (a story about the Spanish Civil War); Gorrisch also wrote the screenplay.