A Life for Do
| A Life for Do | |
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 German film poster | |
| German | Ein Leben für Do |
| Directed by | Gustav Ucicky |
| Written by | Robert Pilchowski (novel) Kurt Heuser |
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| Cinematography | Ekkehard Kyrath |
| Edited by | Carl Otto Bartning |
| Music by | Norbert Schultze |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Prisma Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
A Life for Do (German: Ein Leben für Do) is a 1954 West German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Hans Söhnker, Paola Loew and Heidi Becker.[1] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location around Lucerne and Zürich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.
Plot
[edit]Do lives with her foster father on a farm in South Africa. Concerned that she is developing romantic feelings for him, he sends her away to school in Switzerland.
Cast
[edit]- Hans Söhnker as Thomas
- Paola Loew as Do
- Heidi Becker as Klein Do
- Charles Regnier as Maurice
- Renate Schacht as Vivian
- Gisela Trowe as Marguerite
- Michael Cramer as Konrad
- Paul Esser as Onkel Karl
- Erna Haffner as Tante Anni
- Brigitte Rau as Gritli
- Peter Mosbacher as Kapellmeister
- Maria Wimmer as Vera
- Iwa Wanja as Wirtin
References
[edit]- ^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 838. ISBN 3598114923.
External links
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Categories:
- 1954 films
- 1954 drama films
- German drama films
- West German films
- Films directed by Gustav Ucicky
- Films set in South Africa
- Films set in Switzerland
- Films shot in Switzerland
- Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
- German black-and-white films
- 1950s German films
- 1950s German-language films
- Films scored by Norbert Schultze
- German-language drama films
- 1950s German film stubs