''Max and Moritz'' () is a 1956 German musical film directed by

Norbert Schultze Norbert Arnold Wilhelm Richard Schultze (26 January 1911 in Braunschweig, Brunswick – 14 October 2002 in Bad Tölz) was a prolific Germany, German composer of Film score, film music and a member of the NSDAP and of Joseph Goebbels' staff dur ...

. It stars

Kristian Schultze Kristian Schultze (21 January 1945 – 22 November 2011) was one-half of the German new-age band Cusco. Schultze partnered with Michael Holm and the two produced numerous new-age albums. The two met in late 1970s, when they discovered th ...

and Norbert Schultze junior as the title characters. The film premiered on 28 September 1956 at Uhlenhorst Lichtspiele in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

Plot

A poet and a lady narrate the story of the rogues Max and Moritz. The film is largely based on the original story

Max and Moritz ''Max and Moritz: A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks'' (original: ''Max und Moritz – Eine Bubengeschichte in sieben Streichen'') is a German language illustrated story in verse. It was written and illustrated by Wilhelm Busch and published in 186 ...

by humorist

Wilhelm Busch Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch (14 April 1832 – 9 January 1908) was a German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter. He published wildly innovative illustrated tales that remain influential to this day. Busch drew on the tropes of f ...

Cast

– Moritz * Norbert Schultze junior – Max *

Harry Wüstenhagen Harry Wüstenhagen (11 January 1928 – 11 December 1999) was a German film actor. He appeared in 45 films between 1953 and 1988. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Florida. Wüstenhagen was the German dubbing voice for Sherlock Holm ...

– The Poet * Edith Elsholtz – The Woman * Erika Nymgau-Odemar – The Widow * Günther E. Bein – The Tailor * Walther Diehl – The Teacher * Gregor F. Ehlers – The Uncle * Wulf Rittscher – The Baker * Rolf Menke – The Farmer * Wolfgang Erich Parge – The Miller

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* 1956 films 1956 musical films German musical films West German films German children's films Films based on German comics Live-action films based on comics Films about children Films set in the 19th century 1950s German films 1950s German-language films Films scored by Norbert Schultze Wilhelm Busch {{musical-film-stub