Mutters Courage
My Mother′s Courage
Budapest 1944, an occupied city: A day in the life of George Tabori. His mother is arrested by the Hungarian secret police on the way to her sister and is brought to the West Station where around four thousand Jews have been rounded up to be deported to Auschwitz.
Those deported are transported in cattle trucks to the "Gate of Death", a little border town where they are offloaded until they can be brought in another train to the death camp. The people are herded together in a courtyard and wait for the train from Germany. The mother is also one of those waiting. She suddenly overcomes her inbred obedience and risks trying to break out of the seemingly inexorable transport to destruction. Through a mixture of courage, cunning and sudden insubordination, she manages to return to Budapest. A young German officer finally helps her to escape and saves her life.
Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- George Tabori
- Elsa Tabori
- SS-Offizier
- Maria
- Cornelius Tabori
- Kelemen
- "Schnauzbart"
- Junger SS-Mann
- Rabbi
- Deutscher Lehrer
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Script supervisor
Assistant director (other)
Screenplay
Director of photography
Assistant camera
2nd Camera unit
Prop master
Make-up artist
Costume design
Costumes
Editing
Assistant editor
Sound editor
Music editor
Foley editor
Sound
Music recording
Audio mixing
Sound (other)
Consultant
Stunt co-ordinator
Music
Conductor
Arrangement
Cast
- George Tabori
- Elsa Tabori
- SS-Offizier
- Maria
- Cornelius Tabori
- Kelemen
- "Schnauzbart"
- Junger SS-Mann
- Rabbi
- Deutscher Lehrer
- Juliua
- Martha
- Junger Mann im Pyjama
- Olga
- Usicky
- Klapka
- Iglodi
- Zugschaffnerin
- Tati
- Buchhalter
- Arzt mit Monokel
- 2. Arzt
- Schwester Liebgart
- Deutscher Professor
- Glatzkopf
- Schächter
- Kleine Elsa
- Elsas Vater
- Junge deutsche Krankenschwester
- Fremder im Viehwagen
- Mutter der Zwillinge
- Junge Hure im Salonwagen
- Barbier
- Buchbinder
- George Tabori, 6 Jahre
- Junge Emma
- Schuhputzer
- Frau beim Schuhputzer
- Mann mit Pass
- Betender Mann
- Gardrobiere
- Mann ohne Gepäck
- Blinde
- Sarkastischer Mann
- Mann mit Büchern
- Jude
- Jüdin
- Polizist
- Mann mit Radio
- Ehefrau
- Ehemann
- Lokführer
- Er selbst - ungenannt
Production company
in co-production with
Production (other)
Producer
Co-Producer
Producer (TV)
Executive producer
Line producer
Unit production manager
Location manager
Production assistant
Production coordinator
Post-production
Original distributor
Shoot
- August 1994 - Oktober 1994: Prag und Umgebung, Budapest und Umgebung, Berlin, München
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 01.09.1995, 73753, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (CA): 12.09.1995, Toronto, IFF
Titles
- Schreibvariante Mutters Courage
- Originaltitel (GB) My Mother's Courage
- Originaltitel (DE AT) Mutter's Courage
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 01.09.1995, 73753, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (CA): 12.09.1995, Toronto, IFF
Prüffassung
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 05.02.1996, 73753 [2. FSK-Prüfung]
Awards
- Filmband in Silber, Bester Film