Devil in Silk
Devil in Silk | |
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Directed by | Rolf Hansen |
Written by | |
Based on | Der Teufel nebenan (novel) by Gina Kaus |
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Starring | |
Cinematography | Franz Weihmayr |
Edited by | |
Music by | Mark Lothar |
Production company | Fono Film |
Distributed by | Deutsche Film Hansa |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
Devil in Silk (German: Teufel in Seide) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Lilli Palmer, Curd Jürgens, and Winnie Markus.[1] After leaving his overbearing wife for another woman, a composer is suspected of her murder when she is found dead.
It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place at Kampen on the island of Sylt in Schleswig-Holstein. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and and .
Cast[]
- Lilli Palmer as Melanie
- Curd Jürgens as Thomas Ritter
- Winnie Markus as Sabine
- Adelheid Seeck as Sylvia Angermann
- Hans Nielsen as Dr. Zacharias
- Wolfgang Büttner as Dr. Hess
- Hilde Körber as Sophie
- Paul Bildt as Dr. Heinsheimer
- Helmuth Rudolph as Georg Angermann
- Robert Meyn as Untersuchungsrichter
- Otto Graf as Gerichtsvorsitzender
- as Prosecutor
- Else Ehser as Frau Schwarz
- as Peter Dornberg
References[]
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder, p. 356.
Bibliography[]
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1956 films
- German-language films
- West German films
- German drama films
- 1956 drama films
- Films directed by Rolf Hansen
- Adultery in films
- Films about composers
- Films based on Austrian novels
- Films shot at Spandau Studios
- 1950s German film stubs