''Moss on the Stones'' () is a 1968 Austrian
drama film
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directed by
Georg Lhotsky
Georg Lhotzky (6 February 1937 – 28 November 2016) was an Austrian actor and film director
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. The Austrian academic
Robert von Dassanowsky
Robert von Dassanowsky FRHistS, FRSA (January 28, 1965 – October 10, 2023) was an Austrian-American academic, writer, film and cultural historian, and producer. He was usually known as Robert Dassanowsky.
Education, career and publications
Das ...
said it was one of the most remarkable and memorable Austrian films of the 1960s.
The film was selected as the Austrian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
42nd Academy Awards
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, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Cast
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Fritz Muliar
Fritz Muliar, born as Friedrich Ludwig Stand (December 12, 1919 – May 4, 2009), was an Austrian actor who, due to his huge popularity, is often referred to by his countrymen as ''Volksschauspieler''.
Biography
Born in Neubau, Vienna as the s ...
as The Architect
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Erika Pluhar
Erika Pluhar is an Austria, Austrian actress, singer, and author, born on 28 February 1939 in Vienna. She is the daughter of Anna and Dr Josef Pluhar. Pluhar's younger sister, Ingeborg G. Pluhar, is a painter and sculptor. Erika Pluhar is not rela ...
as Julia
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Louis Ries as Mehlmann
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Johannes Schauer as Karl
* as Petrik
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Wilfried Zeller-Zellenberg as The Baron
See also
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References
External links
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1968 films
1968 drama films
1960s German-language films
Austrian drama films
Films directed by Georg Lhotsky
Films based on Austrian novels
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