''Lina Braake'' ( Brechtian subtitle: ''Die Interessen der Bank können nicht die Interessen sein, die Lina Braake hat'') is a 1975 West German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by Bernhard Sinkel and starring

Lina Carstens Lina Carstens (6 December 1892 in Wiesbaden – 22 September 1978 in Munich) was a German film and theater actress. On stage she appeared in plays by Gerhart Hauptmann Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (; 15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a ...

Fritz Rasp Fritz Heinrich Rasp (13 May 1891 – 30 November 1976) was a German film actor who appeared in more than 100 films between 1916 and 1976. His obituary in ''Der Spiegel'' described Rasp as "the German film villain in service, for over 60 years." ...

and .The A to Z of German Cinema p.23 The film's sets were designed by the

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Nicos Perakis.

Cast

as Lina Braake *

as Gustaf Haertlein * as Johannes Koerner * Ellen Mahlke as Scholz *

Benno Hoffmann Benno may refer to: People Mononym * (927–940), saint * (1049–1061) * Benno I of Osnabrück (bishop, 1052–1067) * Benno of Meissen (bishop, 1066–1106), saint * Benno II of Osnabrück (bishop, 1068–1088) * Benno of Santi Martino e Silvest ...

as Jawlonski *

Rainer Basedow Rainer Basedow (20 May 1938 – 15 May 2022) was a German film, television, and voice actor. He is known for having provided the voice of Pumbaa in the German dub of ''The Lion King'' franchise, up until his replacement with Jürgen Kluckert in ...

as Fink * Erica Schramm as Lene Schoener * Walter Sedlmayr as Emil Schoener * Oskar von Schab as Duerr * Gustl Datz as Gruber * Ellen Frank as Mangold *

Wilfried Klaus Wilfried Klaus is a German television actor best known for playing Kriminalhauptkommissar Horst Schickl in the police procedural '' SOKO München'' from 1978 to 2008. Selected filmography * '' Lina Braake'' (1975) * ''Derrick'' - Season 3, Episo ...

as Wenzel * Teseo Tavernese as Ettore Falconi

References

Bibliography

* Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. ''The A to Z of German Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

External links

* 1975 films 1975 comedy-drama films 1970s crime comedy films German crime comedy-drama films West German films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Bernhard Sinkel Films about old age Films about con artists 1975 comedy films 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub