Grandison

The case of stagecoach robber Carl Grandison, who lived in Heidelberg as a respected merchant and committed suicide in prison in 1814, as material for an expensive (DM 5.1 million), over-aestheticized flashback film: the decorations, props and costumes are right, otherwise everything seems fake.

Director: Achim Kurz

Cast: Marlène Jobert, Jean Rochefort, Helmut Qualtinger, Evelyn Künneke, Ilse Künkele, Edward Meeks, Jacques Marin, Eckhard Heise

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.