Weights and Measures

Weights and Measures (1973)

Das falsche Gewicht

Tells of the tribulations of a middle-aged official of the Austro-Hungarian Bureau of Weights and Measures in fighting the local shopkeepers and traders whose weights are frequently light.

Date of release
1973-01-26
TMDB
4.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
2h 26m
Genres
Drama, TV Movie
Director
Bernhard Wicki

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Weights and Measures

Das falsche Gewicht is a 1971 West German drama film directed by Bernhard Wicki and produced for ZDF before receiving a limited theatrical release in 1973. Adapted from the 1937 novel Weights and Measures by Joseph Roth, it centres on the uncompromising provincial inspector of weights and measures Anselm Eibenschütz whose rigid moral code collides with the corruption of an impoverished Galician border village on the eve of the First World War.

Development and production

Wicki co-wrote the screenplay with dramatist Fritz Hochwälder, preserving Roth's tone while expanding several secondary characters to underline social tensions in late-imperial Galicia. Principal photography ran from 16 February to 22 April 1970 at the Pasarét Studios in Budapest and on location in Vác and Sződliget, Hungary. Cinematographer Jerzy Lipman shot the film in Eastmancolor (35 mm, 1.37:1).

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