Impossible Love (film)

Impossible Love
Directed by	Erich Waschneck
Written by	Alfred Schirokauer (novel) Erich Waschneck Franz Winterstein
Starring	Asta Nielsen Ery Bos Ellen Schwanneke
Cinematography	Bruno Mondi
Music by	Wolfgang Zeller
Production company	Märkische Film
Distributed by	Märkische Film
Release date	23 December 1932
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Impossible Love (German:Unmögliche Liebe) is a 1932 German drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Asta Nielsen, Ery Bos and Ellen Schwanneke. It was the final film of Nielsen, and the only sound film she appeared in. It is also known by the alternative title of Crown of Thorns.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby.

Cast

• Asta Nielsen as Vera Holgk
• Ery Bos as Nora, ihre Tochter
• Ellen Schwanneke as Toni, ihre Tochter
• Hans Rehmann as Prof. Steinkampp
• Elisabeth Wendt as Katharina Steinkampp, seine Frau
• Anton Pointner as Leopold von Möllendorf
• Walter Steinbeck as Konsul Werner
• Lotte Spira as Fr. Konsul Werner
• Carl Balhaus as Erwin Hammer
• Hilde Hildebrand as Frl. Martini
• Julius Falkenstein as Zimmermann - Diener von Prof. Steinkampp
• Werner Scharf as Hagedorf, Redakteur der 'Gerechtigkeit'
• Tamara Oberländer
• Katja Bennefeld
• Eugen Burg
• Ernst Behmer
• Alfred Haase
• Friedrich Ettel

Bibliography

• Annette Kuhn. The Women's Companion to International Film. University of California Press, 1990.

External links

• Impossible Love at IMDb