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.
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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