The Spessart Inn

The Spessart Inn German Das Wirtshaus im Spessart is a 1958 West German musical comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann. It starred Liselotte Pulver and Carlos Thompson.

When Franziska arrives at her fathers castle, he refuses to pay the ransom for the commoner who has taken his daughters place. Instead, Graf Sandau decides to send the military against the bandits. Franziska thus rides to the bandits lair and pretends to be a highwayman herself. The bandit leader accepts her as a henchman, but makes her sleep in his hut. In the morning he discovers her true identity but keeps this information from his men.When Graf Sandau finds out that the Comtesse has gone to the bandits he sends Baron Sperling to the inn with the ransom money. The soldiers shadow him but the plan to follow the bandits back to their lair fails. Meanwhile, at the bandits lair, their corporal finds out that the Comtesse they have imprisoned is a man. Franziska, on the pretense that she wants to find out the truth about the prisoner, switches back places with Felix, which saves his life but makes her a prisoner. The corporal wants to kill her and a confrontation ensues. The leader sides with the prisoners and during the fight, the parson escapes. The soldiers find the bandits lair, but the leader snatches the Comtesse and rides off. ........

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