House of Life (German: Haus des Lebens) is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Cornell Borchers and Edith Mill.[1] The film's setting is a maternity hospital, portraying the stories of various staff and patients.
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| Directed by | Karl Hartl |
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| Edited by | Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz |
| Music by | Bernhard Eichhorn |
Production company | Helios-Filmproduktion |
| Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
Release date | 12 September 1952 |
Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by Franz Bi and Botho Hoefer.
Cast edit
- Gustav Fröhlich as Dr. Peter Haidt
- Cornell Borchers as Dr. Elisabeth Keller
- Edith Mill as Oberschwester Hedwig
- Viktor Staal as Willi Kuschitzky
- Hansi Knoteck as Else Kuschitzky
- Judith Holzmeister as Inge Jolander
- Curd Jürgens as Axel Jolander
- Gertrud Kückelmann as Christine
- Edith Schultze-Westrum as Josepha Spratt
- Petra Unkel as Grit Harlacher
- Elfriede Kuzmany as Frau Frey
- Paula Braend as Frau Wilk
- Claire Reigbert as Schwester Sophie
- Franz Muxeneder as Hense
- Erich Ponto as Geheimrat Merk
- Hans Leibelt as Portier Kögl
- Joachim Brennecke as Kurt Baumann
- Karlheinz Böhm as Pit Harlacher
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Vater Harlacher
- Rudolf Schündler as Dr. Blümel
- Viktor Afritsch as Dr. Billich
- Fritz Rasp as Der Verführer
References edit
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.139
Bibliography edit
- Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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