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Utz is a Allemand film of genre Drama directed by George Sluizer released in USA on 15 march 1992 with Armin Mueller-Stahl
Utz (1992)
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Add to a movie listUtz is a 1992 dramatic film directed by George Sluizer, produced by John Goldschmidt and starring Brenda Fricker, Peter Riegert and Armin Mueller-Stahl. Mueller-Stahl won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.
The film is based on the 1988 novel Utz by Bruce Chatwin, who also co-wrote the screenplay.
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Synopsis
An art dealer goes to Prague after the death of a friend, Baron von Utz, to obtain the Baron's priceless Meissen porcelain collection. He meets an old friend, Orlik, who tells him about the Baron's past while he struggles to discover what happened to the collection.Actors
Armin Mueller-Stahl
(Baron Kaspar Joachim von Utz)
Brenda Fricker
(Marta)
Peter Riegert
(Marius Fisher)
Paul Scofield
(Dr. Vaclav Orlik)
Miriam Karlin
(Grandmother)
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