Caspar Wrede [SEP] place of death
Caspar Wrede
Baron Caspar Wrede af Elimä (or Casper Wrede) (8 February 1929 in Viipuri, Finland – 25 September 1998 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish theatre and film director.
Early life.
Casper Wrede came from a noble Finnish family of German origin, which owned large estates mainly in eastern Finland between the 17th and 19th centuries, and had been created barons in 1652 by Queen Christina.
Career.
In 1951 he left Finland and enrolled at the Old Vic Theatre School in London
Private Potter
Private Potter is a 1962 British drama film directed by Caspar Wrede and starring Tom Courtenay, Mogens Wieth, Ronald Fraser, and James Maxwell.
Plot.
During the Cyprus Emergency, the eponymous Private Potter is a soldier who claims that the reason he cried out leading to the death of a comrade was that he saw a vision of God. There is then a debate over whether he should be court-martialled.
Cast.
- Tom Courtenay as Private Potter
- Mogens Wieth as Yannis