The Woman One Longs For
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Directed by | Curtis Bernhardt |
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Distributed by | Terra Film |
Release date | 29 April 1929 |
Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | Germany |
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The Woman One Longs For (German: Die Frau, nach der man sich sehnt) is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Marlene Dietrich, Fritz Kortner and Frida Richard. It was based on the novel of the same title by Max Brod, published in Vienna by Paul Zsolnay Verlag in 1927. Made partly at the Babelsberg Studios, the film premiered on 29 April 1929 at the in Berlin.[1] The film's art direction was by Robert Neppach. It is also known by the alternative title The Three Lovers.
The film was originally silent with a scored orchestra accompaniment by Giuseppe Becce. In 1931 a synchronised soundtrack was added with music by Edward Kilenyi.
Cast[]
- Marlene Dietrich as Stascha
- Fritz Kortner as Dr. Karoff
- Frida Richard as Mme. Leblanc
- Oskar Sima as Charles Leblanc
- Uno Henning as Henry Leblanc
- Karl Etlinger as Poitrier
- Bruno Ziener as Diener
- as Angela Poitrier
References[]
- ^ Bach p.496
Bibliography[]
- Bach, Steven. Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend. University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
- Spoto, Donald. Blue Angel: The Life of Marlene Dietrich. Rowman & Littlefield, 2000.
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Categories:
- 1929 films
- 1929 drama films
- German drama films
- German films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German silent feature films
- Films directed by Curtis Bernhardt
- Terra Film films
- German black-and-white films
- Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
- 1920s drama film stubs
- Silent German film stubs