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The Black Sheep (1960 film)

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The Black Sheep

Das schwarze Schaf
Directed by	Helmuth Ashley
Written by	István Békeffy Hans Jacoby
Produced by	Claus Hardt Utz Utermann
Starring	Karl Schönböck Heinz Rühmann
Cinematography	Erich Claunigk
Edited by	Walter Boos
Music by	Martin Böttcher
Production company	Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	December 19, 1960 (1960-12-19)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Black Sheep (German: Das schwarze Schaf) is a 1960 German krimi mystery film directed by Helmut Ashley and starring Heinz Rühmann, Karl Schönböck and Maria Sebaldt. It is loosely based on the Father Brown stories by G. K. Chesterton.^[1] Father Brown manages to demonstrate the innocence of a man accused of murder by finding the real culprit. Rühmann reprised the role in He Can't Stop Doing It in 1962.

It was shot at the Bavaria StudiosinMunich and on locationinIreland. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Berthel and Robert Stratil.

Cast[edit]

Heinz RühmannasFather Brown
Karl Schönböck as Theaterdirektor Scarletti
Maria Sebaldt as Gloria Scarletti
Siegfried LowitzasFlambeau
Lina Carstens as Mrs. Smith
Fritz Rasp as Lord Kingsley
Herbert Tiede as Inspector Graven
Friedrich Domin as Bischof
Hans Leibelt as Bankdirektor James Conelly
Rosel Schäfer as Mrs. Flambeau
Gernot Duda as Barnes

Release and reception[edit]

The film was released on December 19, 1960.^[2] At the 1961 Deutscher Filmpreis, Das schwarze Schaf received an award in the category of Best Actor.^[2]

References[edit]

^ BFI.org

^ ^a ^b "Das schwarze Schaf" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

External links[edit]

The Black SheepatIMDb

v t e G. K. Chesterton
Bibliography
Poetry	The Ballad of the White Horse (1911) "The Rolling English Road" (1913) "A Ballade of Suicide" (1915) "Lepanto" (1915)
Novels	The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904) The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) The Ball and the Cross (1909) Manalive (1912) The Flying Inn (1914)
Short stories	The Club of Queer Trades (1905) "The Blue Cross" (1910) "The Hammer of God" (1911) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1922) The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926) The Poet and the Lunatics (1929) The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond (1936)
Non-fiction	Heretics (1905) Orthodoxy (1908) The New Jerusalem (1920) Fancies Versus Fads (1923) The Everlasting Man (1925)
Adaptations	Father Brown, Detective (1934) The Adventures of Father Brown (1945) Father Brown (1954) The Black Sheep (1960) He Can't Stop Doing It (1962) Father Brown (1966–1972) Father Brown (1974) Pfarrer Braun (2003–2014) Father Brown (2013–present) list of episodes Sister Boniface Mysteries (2022–present)
Others	Father Brown Flambeau G. K.'s Weekly Magic
Related	Frances Blogg (wife) Cecil Chesterton (brother) The Chesterton Review Chesterton Academy

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