Mathias Sandorf is a 1979 historical adventure television series based on the Jules Verne novel of the same title.[1] A co-production between France, Hungary, Italy and West Germany, it debuted on West Germany's ZDF in December 1979 before receiving a French broadcast the following year.
| Mathias Sandorf | |
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| Genre | Adventure |
| Based on | Mathias Sandorf by Jules Verne |
| Written by | Claude Desailly |
| Directed by | Jean-Pierre Decourt |
| Starring | István Bujtor Amadeus August |
| Composer | Bert Grund |
| Country of origin | France Hungary Italy West Germany |
| Original languages | French German |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | János Kende |
| Running time | 360 minutes (complete) |
| Production companies | I.T.F. Magyar Televízió Müvelödési Föszerkesztöség (MTV) Technisonor Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft |
| Original release | |
| Network | ZDF |
| Release | 2 December – 11 December 1979 |
Partial cast
edit- István Bujtor as Mathias Sandorf
- Amadeus August as Étienne Bathory
- Ivan Desny as Ladislaus Zathmary
- Jutta Speidel as Rena Sandorf
- Monika Peitsch as Gertrud Toronthal
- Jacques Breuer as Pierre Bathory
- Sissy Höfferer as Sava Toronthal
- Marie-Christine Demarest as Clara Bathory
- Claude Giraud as Silas Toronthal
References
edit- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.85
Bibliography
edit- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.