Utz (film)
Introduction '''''Utz''''' is a 1992 drama 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.
Premise 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.
Cast * Armin Mueller-Stahl as Baron Kaspar Joachim von Utz* Brenda Fricker as Marta* Peter Riegert as Marius Fisher* Paul Scofield as Doctor Vaclav Orlik* Gaye Brown as Ada Krasova* Miriam Karlin as Grandmother* Pauline Melville as Curator* Adrian Brine as Head Waiter* Peter Mackriel as Janitor* Caroline Guthrie as Young Marta* Clark Dunbar as Doctor
References
External links * Synopsis from the Washington Post**