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Life Calls

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Life Calls
Directed byArthur Maria Rabenalt
Written byOtto Ernst Hesse
Based onMutter Erde by Max Halbe
Produced byWalter Tost
StarringSybille Schmitz
Paul Klinger
Elsa Wagner
CinematographyIgor Oberberg
Edited byGertrud Hinz-Nischwitz
Music byAlbert Fischer
Production
company
Distributed byDeutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date
  • 20 December 1944 (1944-12-20)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Life Calls (German: Das Leben ruft) is a 1944 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Sybille Schmitz, Paul Klinger and Elsa Wagner.[1] It was based on the 1898 play Mutter Erde by Max Halbe.[2] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.[3] Location shooting took place in Breslau in Silesia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Albrecht.

Synopsis

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After inheriting his father's farm estate in West Prussia, Paul Warkentin returns from Berlin to the countryside after many years away along with his wife Hella, to sell it. However he finds the terms of his inheritance do not allow this, while his wife strongly dislikes like the idea of living in the country. Further complications are added by Paul's childhood sweetheart Barbara.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Romani p.173
  2. ^ Goble p.202
  3. ^ Klaus p.75

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1944. Klaus-Archiv, 2006.
  • Romani, Cinzia . Tainted Goddesses. Da Capo Press, 1992
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