The Curtain Falls (German: Der Vorhang fällt) is a 1939 German crime film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Anneliese Uhlig, Elfie Mayerhofer and Hilde Sessak.[1] It was based on a play by Paul van der Hurck and was made by UFA at the company's Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut.
The Curtain Falls | |
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German | Der Vorhang fällt |
Directed by | Georg Jacoby |
Written by | Paul van der Hurck (play) Georg Zoch |
Produced by | Ulrich Mohrbutter |
Starring | Anneliese Uhlig Elfie Mayerhofer Hilde Sessak |
Cinematography | Ekkehard Kyrath Günther Rittau |
Edited by | Erich Kobler |
Music by | Franz Grothe |
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Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Cast
edit- Anneliese Uhlig as Alice Souchy
- Elfie Mayerhofer as Inge Blohm
- Hilde Sessak as Vera Findtejs
- Gustav Knuth as Doctor Cornelsen
- Rudolf Fernau as Rodegger
- Rolf Möbius as Hans Günther
- Carl Kuhlmann as Walldorf
- Rudolf Platte as Buttje
- Hans Brausewetter as Berg
- Aribert Mog as Wilke
- Eberhard Leithoff as Nierweg
- Volker von Collande as Rapp
- Eduard Wenck as Reinicke
- Alexander Engel as Cadoni
- Lina Carstens as Frau Florian
- Traute Rose as Singer
References
edit- ^ Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Translated by Robert and Rita Kimber. University of California Press. p. 313. ISBN 0520220692.
- ^ Klaus p.195
Bibliography
edit- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1939. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
- Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
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