Under the Pear Tree Movie Review 1973

Classic crime based on a novella by Theodor Fontane. Bankrupt restaurant owner Hradschek and his wife come up with a plan to foil the debt collector at their door. But when the man's carriage is found--empty--by the river, the neighbors remember Hradschek digging under the pear tree the night before. German with subtitles.

Distribution

ICESTORM International, Inc., 78 Main St., Ste. 401, Northampton, MA 01060, Phone: (413)587-9334, Fax: (413)587-9305, Email: info@icestorm-video.com, URL: http://www.icestorm-video.com

Available on VHS
Running time 86 minutes.
Originally from German.

Cast and Crew

Genres

True Crime

Screenplay

Ralf Kirsten

Cast

Angelica Domrose, Manfred Karge, Erik S. Klein, Agnes Kraus, Norbert Christian

Director

Ralf Kirsten

Producer

Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA)