Themes: Art Theft, Obsessive Quests, Treasure Hunts
Main Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brenda Fricker, Peter Riegert, Paul Scofield, Miriam Karlin
Release Year: 1992
Country: DE/IT/UK
Run Time: 95 minutes
Plot
Hugh Whitemore adapted Bruce Chatwin's novel for this tale of a New York antique dealer who travels to Prague to buy the porcelain collection of the late Baron Utz, only to become embroiled in the wreckage of the dead man's unusual life history after he discovers that the collection is missing. ~ Nicole Gagne, All Movie Guide
Caroline Guthrie - Young Marta; Pauline Melville - Curator; Adrian Brine - Headwaiter; Gaye Brown - Ada Krasova; Peter Mackriel - Janitor; Harriet Robinson - American Lady; Jakub Zdenek - Utz-age 11
Credit
Ulrich Schroeder - Art Director, Marie Frankova - Costume Designer, George Sluizer - Director, Lin Friedman - Editor, Nicola Piovani - Composer (Music Score), Karel Vacek - Production Designer, Gerard Vandenberg - Cinematographer, John Goldschmidt - Producer, Hugh Whitemore - Screenwriter, Bruce Chatwin - Book Author