Escape in the Dark
| Escape in the Dark | |
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| Directed by | Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
| Written by | Carl Unselt (novel) Philipp Lothar Mayring |
| Produced by | Otto Lehmann |
| Starring | Hertha Feiler Joachim Gottschalk Ernst von Klipstein |
| Cinematography | Oskar Schnirch |
| Edited by | Helmuth Schönnenbeck |
| Music by | Hans-Martin Majewski |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Terra Film |
Release date | 8 August 1939 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Escape in the Dark or Flight into Darkness (German: Flucht ins Dunkel) is a 1939 German crime film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Hertha Feiler, Joachim Gottschalk and Ernst von Klipstein.[1]
It was made at the Babelsberg Studios outside Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann.
The film is about two veterans of the First World War employed in a chemistry works laboratory.
Cast
- Hertha Feiler as Barbara Wrede
- Joachim Gottschalk as Chemiker Engelbrecht
- Ernst von Klipstein as Chemiker Dr. Paul Gildemeister
- Paul Hoffmann as Barbaras Bruder Dr. Wrede
- Siegfried Schürenberg as Werkslaborant Dr. Marlow
- Walter Werner as Prokurist Hedemeier
- Gerhard Dammann as Werkmeister Julius Hückebusch
- Gerhard Bienert as Lagerverwalter Müller
- Theo Shall as Fabrikbesitzer René Laroche
- Ingolf Kuntze as Bank-Abteilungsleiter Dr. Schmidtmann
- Annemarie Sauerwein as Renés Schwester Madelaine Laroche
- Fritz Böttger as Nachtlokalbesitzer
- Hilla Höfer as Tänzerin Rita
- Franz Arzdorf as Polizeipräsident
- Günther Ballier as Deutscher Adjutant
- Aribert Grimmer
- Lothar Glathe
- Käthe Jöken-König
- Josef Kamper
- Charlie Kracker
- Richard Ludwig
- Hermann Meyer-Falkow
- Armin Münch
- Werner Pledath
- Ernst Albert Schaach
- André Saint-Germain
- Ludwig Schmid-Wildy
- Werner Schott
- Theodor Thony
- Margot Thilo
References
- ^ Waldman p.89
Bibliography
- Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.
- Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942. McFarland, 2008.
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