Bernhard Wicki Screenwriter (6 results)

Six vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1964 internationally produced film, here under the US title, "The Visit." Included are two film credits sheets from publicity manager Mort Segal, referring to actress Demick as she visits Tunisia, smokes a hookah, and shops locally. One image from the set is shown. Please inquire for others. Based on Durrenmatt's 1956 play, "Der Besuch der alten Dame." Karla (Bergman) is disgraced as an unwed mother and banished from her hometown. She later returns a fabulously wealthy woman, ready to confront the child's father Serge (Quinn), who denied paternity, and seek revenge. Nominated for a Palme d'Or at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, and for an Academy Award in 1965. 8 x 10 inches, small white borders. Very Good plus, with brief marginal creasing, light curling and toning. Grant Worldwide.…

Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1965 UK release of the 1965 US film. On the versos are studio rubber stamps (UK), and one still has a mimeo tag affixed to the verso, with the reissue title "Sabateur: Code Name Morituri." Based on the 1963 novel by Werner Joerg Luedecke, and one of the most underrated war films of the 1960s, about Robert Crain (Brando), a German living in India during World War II, who is blackmailed by Colonel Statter (Howard) to impersonate an SS officer onboard a cargo ship, with Captain Mueller (Brynner) in charge, leaving Japan for Germany. 8 x 10 inches. Faint creases, and a brief evidence of cello tape removal to one still, else Near Fine.…

Draft script for an unproduced television film. Text in German. Based on the 1972 novel by Peter Handke, about a young Austrian who travels across the United States to search for his estranged wife. Set in California. Red titled wrappers. Title page present, with credit for screenwriter Bernhard Wicki. 89 leaves, with last page of text numbered 87. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, with a gold prong binding.…

Third Draft script for the 1989 film. Text in English. Based on Joseph Roth's 1923 novel, about a mercenary World War I veteran who swears vengeance on those he deems responsible for Germany's downfall-Democrats, Jews, and and socialists. Set in Germany, shot on location in West Germany. Clear mylar front wrapper, blue rear wrapper. Title page present, dated 01-06-83, noted as 3rd Version, with credits for director Bernhard Wicki, screenwriter Wolfgang Kirchner, and novelist Joseph Roth. 133 leaves, with last page of text numbered 130. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good, bound with two gold brads.…

Vintage program for the 1954 German film. Text and titles in German. A German spy finds herself in debt to the man who saved her life during the Spanish Civil War years before, leading her into the dangerous world of illegal weapons smuggling. 7.25 x 10.5 inches. Bi-fold. Near Fine.

Vintage reference photograph of actors Marlon Brando, Janet Margolin, and Yul Brynner from the 1965 film. With a printed spirit duplication snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of Twentieth Century-Fox. Based on Werner Jorg Luddecke's 1958 novel. A German pacifist is blackmailed into helping sabotage a German merchant ship carrying a load of rubber, a product in short supply for both sides. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, slightly wavy.…