Woman Without a Past
| Woman Without a Past | |
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| Directed by | Nunzio Malasomma |
| Written by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
| Edited by | Alexandra Anatra |
| Music by | Hans Carste |
Production company | Euphono-Film |
| Distributed by | Panorama Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Woman Without a Past (German: Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Sybille Schmitz, Albrecht Schoenhals, and Maria von Tasnady.[1] It was shot at the Grunewald and Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Ledersteger.
Synopsis[edit]
After an accident, a young woman completely loses her memory and forgets who she is. She is discovered with a gun in her handbag and the police are called. A sympathetic neurologist takes her on as his laboratory assistant while he works on a cure for malaria. Then her husband arrives and her memory returns. It was his gun and she had seized it after he committed murder.
Cast[edit]
- Sybille Schmitz as Eva
- Albrecht Schoenhals as Dr. Entrupp
- Maria von Tasnady as Ruth Willmann
- Hans Leibelt as Konsul Willmann
- Bernhard Minetti as Igor Costa
- Hansi Arnstaedt as Frau Willmann
- Paul Bildt as Professor Halden
- Hans Zesch-Ballot as Kriminalkommissar Schneidereit
- Rudolf Schündler as Kriminalassistent Semmler
- Erwin Biegel as Pietsch
- Dorit Kreysler as Ellen, Ruths Freundin
- Paul Otto as Freiherr von Ensing
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1939. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
- Moeller, Felix (2000). The Film Minister: Goebbels and the Cinema in the Third Reich. Translated by Robinson, Michael. Stuttgart: Axel Menges. ISBN 978-3-932565-10-6.
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