''Home Guardsman Bruggler'' () is a 1936 German

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...

directed by

Werner Klingler Karl Adolf Kurt Werner Klingler (23 October 1903 – 23 June 1972) was a German film director and actor. He directed 29 films between 1936 and 1968. He was born in Stuttgart and died in West Berlin, West Germany. Early life Klingler acquire ...

and starring Ludwig Kerscher,

Franziska Kinz Franziska Kinz (21 February 1897, Kufstein, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) – 26 April 1980, Meran, Italy) was an Austrian film actress. Filmography Bibliography * Kester, Bernadette. ''Film Front Weimar: Representations of the First World War ...

and

Rolf Pinegger Rolf Pinegger (25 March 1873 – 18 October 1957) was a German stage and film actor who appeared in over forty films, generally in supporting roles. Selected filmography * ''The Dying Salome'' (1919) * ''The Last Shot'' (1920) * '' The Blame'' ( ...

. It is set in the

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during the

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and depicts the activities of the local home guard unit. It was based on a novel by Anton Graf Bossi-Fedrigotti, itself based on the diary of the titular Anton Bruggler.Stimpfl p. 85

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took place in the

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Cast and characters

* Ludwig Kerscher as Toni Bruggler *

as Mother Bruggler *

as Grandfather Bruggler *

Eduard Köck Eduard Köck (26 February 1880 – 3 November 1961) was an Austrian stage actor, stage and film actor.Fritsche p.220 He made a few silent film appearances, but most of his screen performances were character roles during the 1940s and 1950s. Selec ...

as Anderl Theissbacher *

Viktor Gehring Viktor Gehring (10 January 1889 – 24 April 1978) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.213 Selected filmography * '' The Hunter of Fall'' (1918) * '' The Monastery's Hunter'' (1920) * '' The Chain of Guilt'' (1921) * '' Trutzi from Trutzbe ...

as Waldemar *

Friedrich Ulmer Friedrich Ulmer (1877–1952) was a German film actor. Partial filmography * ''Das schwarze Amulett'' (1920) * ''Der Totenkopf'' (1920) * ''Die Hexe von Lolaruh'' (1920) as Waldläufer * '' A Dying Nation'' (1922, part 1, 2) * '' Helena'' (1924 ...

as Hans Oberwexer *

Beppo Brem Beppo Brem (11 March 1906 in Munich, German Empire – September 5, 1990 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor, who was in over 200 film and television productions between 1932 and 1990. He often played stereotypically Bavarian characte ...

as Jorgl Trimml *

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as Countess von Teuff *

Gustl Gstettenbaur Gustl Gstettenbaur (1 March 1914 – 20 November 1996) was a German stage, film and television actor. Born in Bavaria, Gustl Gstettenbaur began his career onstage as a child actor in 1927, at the age of thirteen. He went on to play a variety of ...

as Bartl Theissbacher *

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as Sepp Thaler *

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as Sebastian Mutschechner *

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as Hannes Baumgartner

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* 1936 films Films of Nazi Germany 1936 war films German war films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Werner Klingler Films set in Austria Films set in the Alps Films set in the 1910s World War I films set on the Italian Front Films based on Austrian novels Films based on Italian novels German black-and-white films UFA GmbH films 1930s German films Films scored by Herbert Windt German-language war films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub