Nina is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Anouk Aimée, Karlheinz Böhm and Peter Carsten.[1]

Nina
Directed byRudolf Jugert
Written by
Based onRomeo and Juliet in Vienna by Milo Dor and Reinhard Federmann
Produced byMax Koslowski
Starring
CinematographyHelmuth Ashley
Edited byEva Kroll
Music byFriedrich Meyer
Production
company
Corona Filmproduktion
Distributed byBavaria Film
Release date
  • 21 September 1956 (1956-09-21)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. Based on the 1954 novel Romeo and Juliet in Vienna by Milo Dor and Reinhard Federmann, it premiered in Hannover.[2]

Synopsis

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In Vienna at the height of the Cold War, an American journalist falls in love with a secretary working for the Soviets, a relationship that ultimately ends in tragedy.

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References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.226
  2. ^ Goble p.131

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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