This first film adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s play about class distinctions was made in 1955 in the Vienna Rosenhügel studios, but it was only premiered five years later. Curt Bois plays the rich capitalist Puntila who only becomes somewhat agreeable when he is drunk (which he is most of the time in this film). In his inebriated state, Puntila not only gets amorously involved with three different ladies but also suggests that his daughter Eva marries his chauffeur Matti. The chauffeur, however, doesn’t really agree…
as Johannes Puntila
as Eva Puntila
as Matti Altonen
as Lisu
as Pharmacist Josef
as Pröpstin
as Laina
as Sandra
as Manda
as Attaché
as Provost
as Smuggler Emma
