Taiga is a 1958 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Hannes Messemer and Günter Pfitzmann.[1]
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| Directed by | Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
| Written by | Herbert Reinecker |
| Produced by | Utz Utermann |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Georg Krause |
| Edited by | Margot von Schlieffen |
| Music by | Christian Riss |
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Release date | 28 August 1958 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Gottfried Will. The title refers to the taiga that covers much of Siberia.
Synopsis edit
After the Second World War a female Doctor tends to the German prisoners held in a camp in Siberia.
Cast edit
- Ruth Leuwerik as Hanna Dietrich
- Hannes Messemer as Roeder
- Günter Pfitzmann as Dickmann
- Viktor Staal as Weber
- Hans Quest as Weinert
- Paul Bösiger as Reimers
- Walter Ladengast as Bachmann
- Willi Rose as Berthold
- Charles Regnier as Becker
- Alexander Engel as Sazarin
- Peter Lühr as Westrecht
- Werner Hessenland as Kessler
- August Holler as Schönreich
- Egon Vogel as Beyfuss
- Georg Lehn as Fahlke
- Willy Schultes as Seitz
- Peter Capell as Richter
- Arnulf Schröder as Feuerbach
- Wolfgang Büttner as Sennewald
- Wolf Ackva as Engelhardt
- Ernst Konstantin as Malinkovic
- Peter Vogel as Winter
References edit
- ^ Frey p. 44
Bibliography edit
- Frey, Mattias. Postwall German Cinema: History, Film History and Cinephilia. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links edit
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