Die Weber

Story

Synopsis

The film essentially uses the original text of the play. The weavers, who toil away at home, deliver their goods to the manufacturer Dreißiger and receive their meager wages. Led by the young weaver Bäcker and the former soldier Moritz Jäger, they form a resistance group and storm the manufacturer's villa, who barely manages to save himself and his family. As the revolt spreads, the king sends in the military to quell the uprising. The old weaver Hilse, who refuses to participate in the uprising for religious reasons, is hit by a stray bullet while sitting at his loom and dies.

Director

Fritz Umgelter

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

27 January 1980

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Karin Baal

  Frau Dreissinger

• 

  Klaus Maria Brandauer

  Moritz Jäger

• Thomas Braut

  Der alte Wittig

• 

  Liane Hielscher

  Luise

• 

  Martin Lüttge

  Bäcke

• Herbert Stass

  Der alte Baumert

• 

  Benno Sterzenbach

  Der alte Ansorge

• 

  Sabine Peters

  Frau Hilse

• 

  Hans Söhnker

  Pastor Kittelhaus

• 

  Erich Schleyer

  Gottlieb Hilse

• Ilsemarie Schnering

  Frau Kittelhaus