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The Curtain Falls
The Curtain Falls
	German film poster
German	Der Vorhang fällt
Directed by	Georg Jacoby
Written by	Paul van der Hurck (play); Georg Zoch
Produced by	Ulrich Mohrbutter
Starring	Anneliese Uhlig; Elfie Mayerhofer; Hilde Sessak
Cinematography	Ekkehard Kyrath; Günther Rittau
Edited by	Erich Kobler
Music by	Franz Grothe
Production; company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	13 July 1939;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

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The Curtain Falls (German: Der Vorhang fällt) is a 1939 German crime film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Anneliese Uhlig, Elfie Mayerhofer and Hilde Sessak.^[1] It was based on a play by Paul van der Hurck and was made by UFA at the company's Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut.

Cast

Anneliese Uhlig as Alice Souchy
Elfie Mayerhofer as Inge Blohm
Hilde Sessak as Vera Findtejs
Gustav Knuth as Doctor Cornelsen
Rudolf Fernau as Rodegger
Rolf Möbius as Hans Günther
Carl Kuhlmann as Walldorf
Rudolf Platte as Buttje
Hans Brausewetter as Berg
Aribert Mog as Wilke
Eberhard Leithoff as Nierweg
Volker von Collande as Rapp
Eduard Wenck as Reinicke
Alexander Engel as Cadoni
Lina Carstens as Frau Florian
Traute Rose as Singer

References

^ Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Translated by Robert and Rita Kimber. University of California Press. p. 313. ISBN 0520220692.
^ Klaus p.195

Bibliography

Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1939. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.

External links

The Curtain Falls at IMDb

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[1] Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Translated by Robert and Rita Kimber. University of California Press. p. 313. ISBN 0520220692.

[2] Klaus p.195

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+'''''The Curtain Falls''''' ({{lang-de|'''Der Vorhang fällt'''}}) is a 1939 German [[crime film]] directed by [[Georg Jacoby]] and starring [[Anneliese Uhlig]], [[Elfie Mayerhofer]] and [[Hilde Sessak]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kreimeier|first=Klaus|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_I1u5qMPO0RkC|title=The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945|translator=Robert and Rita Kimber|publisher=[[University of California Press]]|year=1999|page=313|isbn=0520220692}}</ref> It was based on a play by Paul van der Hurck and was made by [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] at the company's [[Babelsberg Studios]] in [[Berlin]].<ref>Klaus p.195</ref> The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Erich Kettelhut]].
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+* Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1939''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
+* Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996.
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