Amtmann
The Amtmann was an official in German-speaking countries of Europe and in some of the Nordic countries from the time of the Middle Ages whose office was akin to that of a bailiff. He was the most senior retainer (Dienstmann) of an Amt; the administrative office of a territorial lord (Landesherr) created to manage the estates of manors (Gutshöfe), castles and villages. The estates were both administrative as well as juridical districts. The Amtmann was usually a member of the nobility or a cleric. In towns, he was also often a member of the wealthy classes amongst the citizenship. He resided in an Amthaus and collected taxes from the district (Amtsbezirk), administered justice and maintained law and order with a small, armed unit.
Later, the word Beamter superseded the older word Amtmann and has come to mean "official" or "civil servant". The word Amtmann is derived from ambet-ambachtos - "one sent round", Celtic: Latin ambactus "envoy", "herold", "servant", French, ambassadeur, "ambassador". By contrast, the Icelandic word ambátt, "female slave" and the Norwegian ambått "room maid", "maiden", emerged from the Celtic-Latin via Old German/Old Nordic.
'Amtmann' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Ich gehöre dir (2002)
Actors: Wolfram Berger (actor), Wolfgang Böck (actor), Christoph Künzler (actor), Klaus Ofczarek (actor), Klaus Ortner (actor), Werner Prinz (actor), Reinhard Reiner (actor), Armin Rohde (actor), Klaus Rott (actor), Wolfram Rupperti (actor), Richard Sammel (actor), Achim Schelhas (actor), Johannes Silberschneider (actor), Reinhard Simonischek (actor), Georg Staudacher (actor),
Genres: Drama,Männerpension (1996)
Actors: Axel Altmann (actor), David Ayers (actor), Hans Bergermann (actor), Detlev Buck (actor), Reinhard Bösser (actor), Frank Castorf (actor), Horst Drinda (actor), Bruno Dunst (actor), Wilfried Dziallas (actor), David Edward (actor), Rolf Fahrenkroog-Peterson (actor), Stefan Grüner (actor), Leander Haußmann (actor), Hannes Hellmann (actor), Anjetei Adjei (actor),
Plot: Ein weiteres Highlight am deutschen Kinohimmel. Ein Förderprogramm bringt die beiden Kanckis Gerd und Steinbock in die Obhut von Frauen. Dort sollen sie beweisen, dass sie in der Lage sind sich in die Gesellschaft zu integrieren. Nun bringt Gerd dummerweise einen Barbesitzer um. Damit hat der Ausflug in die Freiheit vorlaeufig ein Ende.
Keywords: accordion, audition, ballroom, bandage, barking-dog, barn, bathrobe, bathtub, betting, bunk-bedGenres: Comedy, Crime, Drama,
Narrenweisheit (1989)
Actors: Horst Giese (actor), Pedro Hebenstreit (actor), Dietmar Huhn (actor), Victor Keune (actor), Dieter Knust (actor), Werner Kos (actor), Roland Kuchenbuch (actor), Tobias Langhoff (actor), Joachim Lätsch (actor), Dieter Mann (actor), Florian Martens (actor), Otto Mellies (actor), Horst Papke (actor), Joachim Schönitz (actor), Wolfgang Dehler (actor),
Genres: ,Das kalte Herz (1978)
Actors: Arno Bergler (actor), Gotthard Ebert (actor), Manfred Jenning (actor), Gerhard Jentsch (actor), Gerhard Jentsch (actor), Winfried Küppers (actor), Winfried Küppers (actor), Hanns-Joachim Marschall (actor), Hanns-Joachim Marschall (actor), Hanns-Joachim Marschall (actor), Herbert Meyer (actor), Herbert Meyer (actor), Herbert Meyer (actor), Sepp Wäsche (actor), Gunda Maria Jentsch (actress),
Genres: Family,Das kalte Herz (1978)
Actors: Hermann Ebeling (actor), Achim Geisler (actor), Hans W. Hamacher (actor), Hans Nitschke (actor), Uwe-Jens Pape (actor), Hans Michael Quäckber (actor), Anton Rattinger (actor), Liane Rudolph (actress), Christine Schnell (actress), Lena Stolze (actress), Justus Pfaue (writer), Rolf Bauer (composer),
Genres: Fantasy,Der Cornet - Die Weise von Liebe und Tod (1955)
Actors: Piet Clausen (actor), Walter Clemens (actor), Karl Friedrich Feudell (actor), Fritz Friedrichs (actor), Willi Hanning (actor), Walter Janssen (actor), Friedrich Koch (actor), Rolf Kutschera (actor), Eduard Köck (actor), Klaus Miedel (actor), Hans-Joachim Post (actor), Wolfgang Preiss (actor), Heinz Püschel (actor), Fritz Rasp (actor), Claus Clausen (actor),
Genres: History, Romance, War,Onkel Bräsig (1936)
Actors: Hans Brausewetter (actor), Erich Fiedler (actor), Kurt Fischer-Fehling (actor), Harry Hardt (actor), Julius E. Herrmann (actor), Fritz Hoopts (actor), William Huch (actor), Karl Junge-Swinburne (actor), Robert Leffler (actor), Klaus Pohl (actor), Fritz Rasp (actor), Hans Richter (actor), Gustav Rickelt (actor), Heinrich Schroth (actor), Albert Arid (actor),
Genres: ,§ 173 St.G.B. Blutschande (1929)
Actors: Ekkehard Arendt (actor), Valy Arnheim (actor), Paul Henckels (actor), Theodor Loos (actor), Max Maximilian (actor), Paul Otto (actor), Walter Rilla (actor), Grete Graal (actress), Olga Limburg (actress), Erna Morena (actress), Olga Tschechowa (actress), Josef Hahn (producer), Herbert Juttke (writer), Georg C. Klaren (writer), Pasquale Perris (composer),
Genres: ,Schinderhannes (1928)
Actors: Carl Busse (actor), Albert Florath (actor), Tonio Gennaro (actor), Willy Grunwald (actor), Oskar Homolka (actor), Erich Kober (actor), Ivan Koval-Samborsky (actor), Fritz Rasp (actor), Fritz Richard (actor), Ernst Rotmund (actor), Albert Steinrück (actor), Hans Stüwe (actor), Nico Turoff (actor), Bruno Ziener (actor), Holmes Zimmermann (actor),
Genres: ,Kleider machen Leute (1921)
Actors: Eugen Guenther (actor), Franz Kammauf (actor), Cornelius Kirschner (actor), Victor Kutschera (actor), Hans Moser (actor), Wilhelm Schmidt (actor), Fritz Strassny (actor), Hans Thimig (actor), Hermann Thimig (actor), Hugo Thimig (actor), Dora Kaiser (actress), Thea Oesey (actress), Hans Steinhoff (writer), Karl Alexander Wilke (costume designer), Hans Steinhoff (director),
Genres: ,
