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The Butcher
Overview
A politically naive Viennese butcher manages to survive the Nazi occupation of Austria and the second world war.
Director and cast
- Franz Antel Director
- Karl Merkatz as Karl Bockerer
- Alfred Böhm as Alfred Hatzinger
- Sieghardt Rupp as Hermann
- Gustav Knuth as Herr Knabe
- Klausjürgen Wussow as Dr. Lamm
- Ida Krottendorf as Sabine (Binerl) Bockerer
- Georg Schuchter as Hansi Bockerer
- Regina Sattler as Elisabeth
- Heinrich Schweiger as Nowotny
- Heinz Marecek as Rosenblatt
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