Under the Thousand Lanterns (German: Unter den tausend Laternen) is a 1952 French-West German crime film directed by Erich Engel and starring Michel Auclair, Gisela Trowe, and Hanna Rucker.[1] It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.[2] It was made by Real Film at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff.
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| Directed by | Erich Engel |
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| Cinematography | Ekkehard Kyrath |
| Edited by | Klaus Dudenhöfer |
| Music by | Michael Jary |
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| Distributed by | Allianz Filmverleih |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
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| Language | German |
Synopsis edit
The singer Elisa visits the house of the composer of the new revue she is to star in, only to find his dead body. Suspicions fall on several of the murdered man's colleagues including the French musician Michel Dumas, who had quarrelled with the deceased who had been passing off his compositions as his own, as well as on Elisa herself.
Cast edit
- Michel Auclair as Michel Dumas
- Gisela Trowe as Betty
- Hanna Rucker as Elisa
- Inge Meysel as Auguste
- René Deltgen as Kommissar Dr. Hennings
- Willy Maertens as Mahnke, Gerichtsvollzieher
- Ernst Schröder as Braun
- Carl-Heinz Schroth as Lüders, Theaterdirektor
- Joseph Offenbach as Taxichauffeur
- Carl Voscherau as Protokollführer
- Katharina Brauren as Lissy, Garderobiere
References edit
- ^ Parish & Canham, p. 103.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Unter den tausend Laternen". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
Bibliography edit
- Parish, James Robert; Canham, Kingsley (1976). Film Directors Guide: Western Europe. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-0908-6.
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