The Missing Miniature

The Missing Miniature
Directed by	Carl-Heinz Schroth
Written by	Erich Kästner
Produced by	Klaus Stapenhorst
Starring	Paola Loew Ralph Lothar Paul Westermeier
Cinematography	Ekkehard Kyrath
Edited by	Fritz Stapenhorst Ilse Wilken
Music by	Hans-Martin Majewski
Production company	Carlton-Film
Distributed by	Europa Film
Release date	25 December 1954
Running time	83 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Missing Miniature (German: Die verschwundene Miniatur) is a 1954 West German comedy crime film directed by Carl-Heinz Schroth and starring Paola Loew, Ralph Lothar and Paul Westermeier. It is based on the 1935 story of the same name by Erich Kästner. It was shot at the Carlton Studios in Munich and on location in Copenhagen, Lübeck and Hanover. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Mellin and Wolf Englert.

Synopsis

While on holiday in Copenhagen, a butcher meets a young woman in a café and agrees to transport a miniature painting back to Germany for her. This soon leads to complications.

Cast

• Paola Loew as Irene Truebner
• Ralph Lothar as Rudolf Struwe
• Paul Westermeier as Fleischermeister Külz
• Paul Bildt as Steinhövel
• Lina Carstens as Frau Külz
• Hubert von Meyerinck as Tänzer
• Liesl Karlstadt
• Wolf Ackva
• Hildegard Busse
• Elisabeth Goebel
• Heini Göbel
• Willem Holsboer
• Bruno Hübner
• Bum Krüger
• Henry Lorenzen
• Karl-Heinz Peters
• Erich Ponto
• Ernst Rotmund
• Arnulf Schröder

Bibliography

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

External links

• The Missing Miniature at IMDb