The Postmaster (1940)

6.6/10 • 92 min • Drama

Overview

When two Russian captains of cavalry came to a German post station one of them recalls what happened long time ago. He begins to tell the story: Ten years ago a comrade of them made a resting at the post station and fell in love with the station master's daughter. He promised everything to her and finally convinced her to come with him to St. Petersburg. When both arrived there she had to realize that her captain never had the intention to marry her.

Cast

Heinrich George

Der Postmeister

Hilde Krahl

Dunja

Siegfried Breuer

Rittmeister Minskij

Hans Holt

Fähnrich Mitja

Margit Symo

Mascha

Hugo Gottschlich

Diener des Rittmeisters

Ruth Hellberg

Elisawetha

Erik Frey

Sergej

Alfred Neugebauer

Gutsbesitzer

Leo Peukert

Oberst

Reinhold Häussermann

Schneider

Auguste Pünkösdy

Wirobowa

Anton Pointner

Der Kavalier des Rittmeisters

Bernhard Wicki

Statist

Edwin Jürgensen

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