Ice Age (1975 film)

Ice Age
West Germany release poster
Directed by	Peter Zadek
Written by	Tankred Dorst Peter Zadek
Starring	O. E. Hasse Hannelore Hoger
Cinematography	Gérard Vandenberg
Edited by	Bettina Lewertoff
Release date	15 August 1975
Running time	115 minutes
Countries	West Germany Norway
Language	German

Ice Age (German: Eiszeit) is a 1975 West German drama film directed by Peter Zadek. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival. Eiszeit began as a theatre play by Tankred Dorst (1973) about Knut Hamsun, a Nobel Prize–winning author but unrepentant admirer of Nazi Germany.

Cast

• O. E. Hasse as Old Man
• Hannelore Hoger as Vera
• Walter Schmidinger as Paul
• Ulrich Wildgruber as Oswald Kronen
• Elisabeth Stepanek as Sonja
• Helmut Qualtinger as Fitler / Old Officer
• Rosel Zech as Wanda
• Heinz Bennent as Pastor Holm
• Hans Hirschmüller as Reich
• Hermann Lause as Director of Savings Bank
• Diether Krebs as Consultant
• Helmut Erfurth as Greengrocer
• Hans Mahnke as Kristian
• Hans Wehrl as Kristian
• Ernst Konarek as Cook (as Ernst Kmoarek)