Portrait of an Unknown Woman (‹See Tfd›German: Bildnis einer Unbekannten) is a 1954 West German comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Ruth Leuwerik, O. W. Fischer and Irene von Meyendorff.[1][2][3] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Madrid and Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ludwig Reiber and Max Seefelder.
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| Directed by | Helmut Käutner |
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| Cinematography | Werner Krien |
| Edited by | Anneliese Schönnenbeck |
| Music by | Franz Grothe |
Production company | Sirius-Film |
| Distributed by | Schorcht Filmverleih |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Synopsis
editA potential scandal breaks out when an artist adds the head of the wife of a diplomat to a nude painting he is working on.
Cast
edit- Ruth Leuwerik as Nicole
- O. W. Fischer as Jan Maria Keller
- Erich Schellow as Walter
- Irene von Meyendorff as Ambassador's Wife
- Albrecht Schoenhals as Ambassador
- Paul Hoffmann as Philip Hernandez
- Bum Krüger as Bar Owner
- Ulrich Beiger as Auctioneer
- Nicolas Koline as Sascha
- Ingrid van Bergen as Jacqueline, a model
References
edit- ^ "Bildnis einer Unbekannten" (in German). Zweitausendeins. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ Popa, Dorin (1989). O.W. Fischer: seine Filme, sein Leben. Heyne. p. 160. ISBN 978-3-453-00124-4.
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder 2009, p. 282.
Bibliography
edit- 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
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