The Standard (German: Die Standarte) is a 1977 war drama film directed by Ottokar Runze and starring Simon Ward, Siegfried Rauch and Peter Cushing.[1] It was made as a co-production between Austria, Spain and West Germany. The film is based on the 1934 novel The Standard by Alexander Lernet-Holenia, previously turned into a 1935 film My Life for Maria Isabella in Nazi Germany. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

The Standard
Directed byOttokar Runze
Written byHerbert Asmodi [de]
Based onThe Standard
by Alexander Lernet-Holenia
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMichael Epp
Edited byTamara Epp
Music byHans-Martin Majewski
Production
companies
  • Neue Thalia-Film
  • Norddeutsche Filmproduktion
  • Ottokar Runze Filmproduktion
  • Producciones Cinematográficas Orfeo
Distributed byGunther Wessel Filmverleih
Release date
  • 18 May 1977 (1977-05-18)
Running time
120 minutes
Countries
  • Austria
  • Spain
  • West Germany
Languages

The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Scharff. Location shooting took place in Vienna and Toledo province in Spain.

Another English-language title of this film is Battle Flag.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p.965

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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