''The Fair'' () is a 1960 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

Wolfgang Staudte Wolfgang Staudte (9 October 1906 – 19 January 1984), born Georg Friedrich Staudte, was a German film director, script writer and actor. He was born in Saarbrücken. After 1945, Staudte also looked at German guilt in the cinema. Alongside ...

. It was entered into the

10th Berlin International Film Festival The 10th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 24 June to 5 July 1960. The Golden Bear was awarded to '' El Lazarillo de Tormes'' directed by César Fernández Ardavín. Juries The following people were announced as being ...

where

Juliette Mayniel Juliette Mayniel (22 January 1936 – 21 July 2023) was a French actress. She appeared in more than 30 films and television shows between 1958 and 1978. At the 10th Berlin International Film Festival, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress f ...

won the

Silver Bear for Best Actress The Silver Bear for Best Actress () was an award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival from 1956 to 2020. It was given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance and was chosen by the International Jury from the fil ...

Cast

as Annette *

Götz George Götz George (; 23 July 1938 – 19 June 2016) was a German actor, the son of actor couple Berta Drews and Heinrich George. His arguably best-known role is that of Duisburg detective Horst Schimanski in the TV crime series ''Tatort''. Early lif ...

as Robert Mertens * Hans Mahnke as Paul Mertens * Wolfgang Reichmann as Georg Höchert * Manja Behrens as Martha Mertens * Fritz Schmiedel as Priest * Erica Schramm as Eva Schumann * Elisabeth Goebel as Wirtin Balthausen *

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 Wirt Balthausen * Irmgard Kleber as Else Mertens * Hansi Jochmann as Erika * Solveig Loevel as Gertrud

References

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* 1960 films 1960 drama films West German films 1960s German-language films German drama films German black-and-white films Films directed by Wolfgang Staudte Films about Nazi Germany Films set in 1944 Films set in 1959 1960s German films German-language drama films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub