Ave Maria (1953 film)
Ave Maria is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Alfred Braun and starring Zarah Leander, Hans Stüwe and Marianne Hold.[1] It was part of the post-war comeback of the Swedish-born Zeander who had been one of the biggest German stars of the Nazi era.
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| Directed by | Alfred Braun |
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| Music by | Franz Grothe |
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| Edited by | Erwin Marno |
Production company | Divina-Film |
| Distributed by | Gloria Film |
Release date | 8 September 1953 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter. Location filming took place in Hamburg, Finland and the Starnberger See.
Cast
- Zarah Leander as Karin Twerdy aka Maria Talland
- Hans Stüwe as Dietrich Gontard
- Marianne Hold as Daniela Twerdy
- Hilde Körber as Schwester Benedikta
- Carl Wery as Dr. Melartin
- Ingrid Pan as Christa Gontard
- Hans Henn as Thomas Gontard
- Hedwig Wangel as Die Oberin
- Charlotte Scheier-Herold as Schwester Luitgard
- Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Dr. Rieser
- Josef Sieber as Conny
- Hans Stiebner as Hanke
- Berta Drews as Kerstin Melartin
- Elisabeth Wendt as Lisa Nilsson
- Etta Braun as Selma
- Zita Uhl as Schwester Beata
- Ingeborg von Freyberg as Schwester Gundula
- Alfred Braun
- Nikolaus Ellin
- Maria Offermanns
- Bertha Picard as Schwester Ursula
- Ernst Rotmund
- Elisabeth Wardt
References
- Bock & Bergfelder p.279
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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