Urlaub auf Ehrenwort (translated as Leave on Word of Honour) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Claus Biederstaedt, Eva Ingeborg Scholz and Reinhard Kolldehoff.[1] It is a remake of the 1939 film Urlaub auf Ehrenwort about German soldiers granted leave during the Second World War.
| Leave on Word of Honour | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
| Written by |
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| Produced by | Friedrich Wilhelm Gaik |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Bruno Timm |
| Edited by | Ilse Voigt |
| Music by | Hans-Martin Majewski |
Production company | Algefa Film |
| Distributed by | Schorcht Filmverleih |
Release date | 30 December 1955 |
Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's art direction was by Willi Herrmann and Wilhelm Vorwerg.
Cast edit
- Claus Biederstaedt as Lt. Walter Prätorius
- Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Dr. Inge Rochter
- Reinhard Kolldehoff as Otto Sasse
- Karl John as Köhler
- Hans Quest as Gustav Jahnke
- Paul Esser as Offc. Paul Hartmann
- Gisela von Collande as Anna Hartmann
- Edelweiß Malchin as Lulu
- Peter Elsholtz as SS-Gruppenführer Böttcher
- Heinz Giese as Hans
- Edith Hancke as Erna
- Luitgard Im as Dagmar Köhler
- Ruth Johansson as Mariana
- Helmuth Lohner as Grenadier Richard Hellwig
- Ingrid Lutz as Hedwig Kramer
- Gerd Martienzen as Gefreiter Dr. Strötzel
- Wolfgang Neuss as Gefr. Krawutke
- Rainer Penkert as Sanitätsgefreiter Hagen
- Elfie Pertramer as Artistin Dolores
- Willi Rose as Feldwebel Thiele
- Siegmar Schneider as Oberst Grell
- Edith Schollwer as Mutter Krawutke
- Maria Sebaldt as Fritzi
- Josef Sieber as Lkw-Fahrer Schulze
- Jakob Tiedtke as Herr Koppe
- Gisela Trowe as Frau Schmiedecke
- Helen Vita as Tänzerin Ilonka
- Rudolf Vogel as Rudi Pichler
- Fritz Wagner as Unteroffizier Kramer
- Herbert Weissbach as Feldwebel Schneider
- Ewald Wenck as Vater Krawutke
- Ralf Wolter as Gefreiter Max Schmiedecke
References edit
- ^ Williams p. 150
Bibliography edit
- Williams, Alan. Film and Nationalism. Rutgers University Press, 2002.
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