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	Pohland was initially only the producer of the film, but took over as director when the intended director died unexpectedly.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/2016/programme/201602970.html \|title=Projekt Katz und Maus \|publisher=] \|access-date=16 December 2024 }}</ref> The film was released in West German cinemas on 7 February 1967.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/katz-und-maus_ea43d4a7a5e35006e03053d50b37753d \|title=Karz und Maus \|website=] \|access-date=16 December 2024 }}</ref>		Pohland was initially only the producer of the film, but took over as director when the intended director died unexpectedly.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/2016/programme/201602970.html \|title=Projekt Katz und Maus \|publisher=] \|access-date=16 December 2024 }}</ref> The film was released in West German cinemas on 7 February 1967.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/katz-und-maus_ea43d4a7a5e35006e03053d50b37753d \|title=Karz und Maus \|website=] \|access-date=16 December 2024 }}</ref>

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1967 film directed by Hansjürgen Pohland

Cat and Mouse
Directed by	Hansjürgen Pohland [de]
Based on	Cat and Mouse by Günter Grass
Produced by	Hansjürgen Pohland
Starring	Lars Brandt [de] Peter Brandt [de]
Cinematography	Wolf Wirth
Edited by	Christa Pohland
Production company	modern art film
Release date	1967 (1967)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Cat and Mouse (German: Katz und Maus) is a 1967 West German drama film directed by Hansjürgen Pohland [de], based on the novel of the same name by Günter Grass, the second book in the Danzig Trilogy. It is about Mahlke, an alienated child in Danzig during World War II.

Pohland was initially only the producer of the film, but took over as director when the intended director died unexpectedly. The film was released in West German cinemas on 7 February 1967.

The film was part of the New German Cinema and became highly controversial in Germany upon its release, largely due to the inclusion of a masturbation scene and the casting of the Social Democratic leader Willy Brandt's sons in the roles of Mahlke at different ages. The film has received little attention after the initial release and has been described as a failure.

Cast

Lars Brandt [de] as younger Mahlke
Peter Brandt [de] as older Mahlke
Claudia Bremer as Tulla
Wolfgang Neuss as Pilenz
Ingrid van Bergen as Mahlke's aunt
Michael Hinz as fighter pilot
Herbert Weißbach as Klohse
Helmut Kircher [de] as Kapitänleutnant
Christof Arnold [de] as Sonntag
Hans-Peter Brandes as Esch

References

Smith-Prei, Carrie. ""Their Adam's Apple Put Them on Screen": Hansjürgen Pohland's Cat and Mouse and the Narrative of the Male Body". Processes of Transposition. pp. 191–206. doi:10.1163/9789401205016_015.
"Projekt Katz und Maus". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
"Karz und Maus". filmportal.de. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
Saryusz-Wolska, M. (2013). "NEW GERMAN CINEMA'S FORGOTTEN FILM: HANSJÜRGEN POHLAND'S KATZ UND MAUS". German Life and Letters. 66: 111–125. doi:10.1111/glal.12006.

External links

Cat and Mouse at IMDb

Günter Grass

Bibliography

Prose

Danzig Trilogy	The Tin Drum (1959) Cat and Mouse (1961) Dog Years (1963)
Others	Local Anaesthetic (1969) The Flounder (1977) The Meeting at Telgte (1979) The Rat (1986) The Call of the Toad (1992) My Century (1999) Crabwalk (2002) Peeling the Onion (2006) The Box (2008)

Poetry

"What Must Be Said" (2012)

Plays

The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising (1966)

Adaptations

Cat and Mouse (1967)
The Tin Drum (1979)
The Call of the Toad (2005)

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	Pohland was initially only the producer of the film, but took over as director when the intended director died unexpectedly.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/2016/programme/201602970.html \|title=Projekt Katz und Maus \|publisher=] \|access-date=16 December 2024 }}</ref> The film was released in West German cinemas on 7 February 1967.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/katz-und-maus_ea43d4a7a5e35006e03053d50b37753d \|title=Karz und Maus \|website=] \|access-date=16 December 2024 }}</ref>		Pohland was initially only the producer of the film, but took over as director when the intended director died unexpectedly.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/2016/programme/201602970.html \|title=Projekt Katz und Maus \|publisher=] \|access-date=16 December 2024 }}</ref> The film was released in West German cinemas on 7 February 1967.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/katz-und-maus_ea43d4a7a5e35006e03053d50b37753d \|title=Karz und Maus \|website=] \|access-date=16 December 2024 }}</ref>

	The film was part of the ] and became highly controversial in Germany upon ~~the~~ release, largely due to the inclusion of a masturbation scene and the casting of the ] leader ]'s sons in the roles of Mahlke at different ages. The film has received little attention after the initial release and has been described as a failure.<ref>{{cite journal \|last=Saryusz-Wolska \|first=M. \|year=2013 \|title=NEW GERMAN CINEMA'S FORGOTTEN FILM: HANSJÜRGEN POHLAND'S KATZ UND MAUS \|journal=] \|volume=66 \|pages=111-125 \|doi=10.1111/glal.12006 }}</ref>		The film was part of the ] and became highly controversial in Germany upon its release, largely due to the inclusion of a masturbation scene and the casting of the ] leader ]'s sons in the roles of Mahlke at different ages. The film has received little attention after the initial release and has been described as a failure.<ref>{{cite journal \|last=Saryusz-Wolska \|first=M. \|year=2013 \|title=NEW GERMAN CINEMA'S FORGOTTEN FILM: HANSJÜRGEN POHLAND'S KATZ UND MAUS \|journal=] \|volume=66 \|pages=111-125 \|doi=10.1111/glal.12006 }}</ref>

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