Schwetzinger Festspiele production, directed by Günther Rennert. SDR video recording. Rec. at Rokokotheater Schwetzingen (near Mannheim), 1957-05-28. (See also
world premiere performance radio broadcast 1957-05-09 of the same production).
Cast: Fritz Wunderlich (Bobtschinskij), Gerhard Stolze (Chlestakow), Heinz Cramer (Ossip), Fritz Ollendorff (Stadthauptmann), Hetty Plümacher (Anna), Friederike Sailer (Marja), Hubert Buchta (Mischka), Alfred Pfeifle (Postmeister), Frithjof Sentpaul (Kurator), Fritz Linke (Richter), Gustav Grefe (Dobtschinskij), Ellinor Junker-Giesen (Eine junge Witwe), Paula Kapper (Frau des Schlossers), RSO Stuttgart, cond. Werner Egk
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Only 3 minutes of this TV broadcast have survived. In this short excerpt, only Stolze is prominently featured, with
short appearances by Wunderlich and Grefe.
