A Woman Branded
Appearance
A Woman Branded | |
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Directed by | Eugen Thiele |
Written by | Eugen Thiele Wolfgang Wilhelm |
Produced by | Edgar Röll |
Starring | Toni van Eyck Elsa Bassermann Hans Stüwe |
Cinematography | Viktor Gluck |
Music by | Leo Leux |
Production company | Nowik & Roell-Film |
Distributed by | Süd-Film |
Release date | 16 April 1931 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
A Woman Branded or Dangers of Love (German: Gefahren der Liebe) is a 1931 German drama film directed by Eugen Thiele and starring Toni van Eyck, Elsa Bassermann and Hans Stüwe.[1] It was shot at the Terra Studios in Berlin.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Richter.
Synopsis
After a young woman is raped she finds herself suffering from venereal disease. She takes revenge on the perpetrator by shooting him, before being forced to defend her actions in court.
Cast
- Toni van Eyck as Ilse Thorn
- Elsa Bassermann as Frau Thorn, Ilses Mutter
- Hans Stüwe as Dr. Kurt Rehmann - Ilses Verlobter
- Albert Bassermann as Dr. Ringius, defense lawyer
- Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Verwalter Bodde
- Kurt Lilien as Dr. Wendel
- Veit Harlan as Ein Student
- Karl Klebusch as Geheimrat Rehmann
- S.O. Schoening as Professor Lehr
- Karl Junge-Swinburne as Vorsitzender des Schwurgerichts
- Kurt Ehrle as Prosecutor
- Ingolf Kuntze as Dr. Markow, prakt. Arzt
- Rudolf Weinmann as Professor Winterfeldt
- Ernst Hofmann as Assistenzarzt
- Gustav Püttjer as Gefängniswärter
- Charlotte Ziegler as Ilse Thorns Freundin
References
Bibliography
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1931. Klaus-Archiv, 2006.
- Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
External links
Categories:
- 1931 films
- 1931 drama films
- German drama films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- 1930s German-language films
- Films directed by Eugen Thiele
- Films about sexually transmitted diseases
- Courtroom films
- German films about revenge
- German black-and-white films
- Rape and revenge films
- 1930s German films
- Films shot at Terra Studios
- 1930s German film stubs