The Curtain Falls
1939 film
| The Curtain Falls | |
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 German film poster | |
| 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 |
Production company | UFA |
| Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
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.
Cast
- 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
- ^ 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
- 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.
External links
- The Curtain Falls at IMDb
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Films directed by Georg Jacoby
- The Dancer (1915)
- Bogdan Stimoff (1916)
- Unusable (1917)
- Jan Vermeulen, the Miller of Flanders (1917)
- The Seeds of Life (1918)
- The Flyer from Goerz (1918)
- Vendetta (1919)
- Out of the Depths (1919)
- The Carousel of Life (1919)
- The Teahouse of the Ten Lotus Flowers (1919)
- Superstition (1919)
- The Woman at the Crossroads (1919)
- Countess Doddy (1919)
- The Swabian Maiden (1919)
- Indian Revenge (1920)
- The Sins of the Mother (1921)
- Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1921)
- His Excellency from Madagascar (1922)
- The Big Shot (1922)
- The Little Napoleon (1923)
- Paradise in the Snow (1923)
- Quo Vadis (1924)
- Does a Woman Have to Become a Mother? (1924)
- Comedians of Life (1924)
- Hussar Fever (1925)
- Cock of the Roost (1925)
- Circus Romanelli (1926)
- The Pride of the Company (1926)
- Accommodations for Marriage (1926)
- The Ride in the Sun (1926)
- Intoxicated Love (1927)
- The Hunt for the Bride (1927)
- The Island of Forbidden Kisses (1927)
- The Fake (1927)
- Nameless Woman (1927)
- The Weekend Bride (1928)
- The Joker (1928)
- The Physician (1928)
- Perjury (1929)
- Circumstantial Evidence (1929)
- Women on the Edge (1929)
- A Mother's Love (1929)
- Pension Schöller (1930)
- Josef the Chaste (1930)
- Money on the Street (1930)
- The Widow's Ball (1930)
- Hooray, It's a Boy! (1931)
- Storm in a Water Glass (1931)
- The Spanish Fly (1931)
- Melody of Love (1932)
- The Big Bluff (1933)
- Tell Me Who You Are (1933)
- An Evening Visit (1934)
- Police Report (1934)
- The Daring Swimmer (1934)
- Tales from the Vienna Woods (1934)
- The Csardas Princess (1934)
- The Last Waltz (1934)
- Marriage Strike (1935)
- The Beggar Student (1936)
- Gasparone (1937)
- The Chief Witness (1937)
- A Night in May (1938)
- The Curtain Falls (1939)
- Kora Terry (1940)
- Women Are Better Diplomats (1941)
- The Woman of My Dreams (1944)
- Child of the Danube (1950)
- Sensation in San Remo (1951)
- Spring on Ice (1951)
- The Csardas Princess (1951)
- Pension Schöller (1952)
- Mask in Blue (1953)
- The Divorcée (1953)
- Hooray, It's a Boy! (1953)
- Hello, My Name Is Cox (1955)
- Three Girls from the Rhine (1955)
- Three Days Confined to Barracks (1955)
- At the Green Cockatoo by Night (1957)
- The Schimeck Family (1957)
- The Night Before the Premiere (1959)
- Pension Schöller (1960)
- Bombs on Monte Carlo (1960)
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