The Lie (1950 film)

The Lie
Directed by	Gustav Fröhlich
Written by	Gustav Fröhlich Martha-Maria Gehrke (novel) Hans Schweikart (novel)
Produced by	Rolf Meyer
Starring	Otto Gebühr Sybille Schmitz Cornell Borchers
Cinematography	Hans Schneeberger
Edited by	Martha Dübber
Music by	Wolfgang Zeller
Production company	Junge Film-Union Rolf Meyer
Distributed by	National-Film
Release date	11 August 1950
Running time	84 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Lie (German: Die Lüge) is a 1950 West German crime film directed by Gustav Fröhlich and starring Otto Gebühr, Sybille Schmitz and Cornell Borchers.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. Location shooting took place around Hamburg.

Cast

• Otto Gebühr as Professor Dr. Ernst A. Gruber
• Sybille Schmitz as Susanne, seine Tochter
• Cornell Borchers as Ellen, seine Tochter
• Ewald Balser as Dr. Thomas Robertsen, Susannes Mann
• Will Quadflieg as Harry Altenberger
• Hans Leibelt as Martin Altenberger, Bankier, Harrys Vater
• Ilse Bally
• Marianne Wischmann
• Walter Franck
• Rolf Möbius
• Hans Paetsch
• Wolfgang Reimers
• Walter Ladengast
• Walter Gebühr

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Lie at IMDb