The Merciful Lie
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Directed by | Werner Klingler |
Written by | Curt J. Braun Werner Klingler Günter Kulemeyer |
Produced by | Erich Palme |
Starring | Hilde Krahl Elisabeth Flickenschildt Ernst von Klipstein |
Cinematography | Karl Puth |
Edited by | Ella Ensink |
Music by | Hans Carste |
Production company | Euphono-Film |
Distributed by | Tobis Film |
Release date | 17 August 1939 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
The Merciful Lie (German: Die barmherzige Lüge) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Werner Klingler and starring Hilde Krahl, Elisabeth Flickenschildt and Ernst von Klipstein.[1]
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Böhm and Erich Czerwonski. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in Bremen.
Synopsis[]
In a frontier town on the border between Manchuria and Mongolia Anja, the niece of the owner of a rough local entertainment venue, waits for the return of her lover Doctor Thomas Clausen with whom she has had a child. Clausen is part of an expedition planning to explore into the wild lands on the Soviet side of the border. To Anja's dismay, however, he returns with a new wife.
When the new wife dies of food poisoning and Clausen away on his expedition, Anja goes to Bremen to stay with his wealthy family and masquerades as his wife. They welcome her as has a child who will carry on the family line.
Cast[]
- Hilde Krahl as Anja Hoster
- Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Vera Holster
- Ernst von Klipstein as Dr.Thomas Clausen
- Lieselott Klingler as Maria, sua Moglie
- Heinrich Schroth as Berthold Clausen
- Agnes Windeck as Margherita
- Otto Gebühr as Dr. Henrici
- Paul Dahlke as Jean Goban
- Gertrud Meyen as Gerda Biehler, Sekretärin
- Jaspar von Oertzen as Felix
- Olga Limburg as Emilie Wallner
- as Robert, Diener
- as Thomas, Anjas Sohn
- as Kinderfrau bei Anja
- as Diener
- as Olga, Barmädchen
- as Mongole im Hotel
- as Polizeioffizier
- Franz Arzdorf as 1. Kriminalkommissar
- as 2. Kriminalkommissar
- Charly Berger as 1. Kriminalbeamter
- as 2. Kriminalbeamter
- as Kriminalrat
- Eduard von Winterstein as Professor Neumann
- as Dr. Fischer, Lawyer
- Ilse Trautschold as Mädchen bei Clausen
- Fred Goebel as Chauffeur bei Clausen
- as Portier im Krankenhaus
- as Deutscher Konsul
- as Bridgepartnerin von Frau Wallner
- as Bridgepartnerin von Frau Wallner
References[]
- ^ Waldman p.266
Bibliography[]
- Heins, Laura. Nazi Film Melodrama. University of Illinois Press, 2013.
- Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. McFarland, 2008.
External links[]
- German-language films
- 1939 films
- 1939 drama films
- German drama films
- German films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- Films directed by Werner Klingler
- Films set in Mongolia
- Tobis Film films
- Films shot at Johannisthal Studios
- 1930s German film stubs