Grete Minde (film)

Grete Minde is a 1977 Austrian-German drama film based on the novel by Theodor Fontane and directed by Heidi Genée. It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival. The plot is based on the case of a young woman deprived of her rightful inheritance by officials in her home town, who takes her revenge by setting fire to the town, in which she and her child also perish.

Cast

 * Katerina Jacob as Grete Minde
 * Siemen Rühaak as Valtin Zernitz
 * Hannelore Elsner as Trude Minde
 * Tilo Prückner as Gerd Minde
 * Brigitte Grothum as Emerentz Zernitz
 * Käthe Haack as Domina
 * Hans Christian Blech as Gigas
 * Hilde Sessak as Regine
 * Martin Flörchinger as Vater Minde
 * Horst Niendorf as Valtins Onkel