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Taiga (1958 film)

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Taiga
Directed byWolfgang Liebeneiner
Written byHerbert Reinecker
Produced byUtz Utermann
Starring
CinematographyGeorg Krause
Edited byMargot von Schlieffen
Music byChristian Riss
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • 28 August 1958 (1958-08-28)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Taiga is a 1958 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Hannes Messemer and Günter Pfitzmann.[1]

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Gottfried Will. The title refers to the taiga that covers much of Siberia.

Synopsis

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After the Second World War a female doctor tends to the German prisoners held in a camp in Siberia.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Frey p. 44

Bibliography

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  • Frey, Mattias. Postwall German Cinema: History, Film History and Cinephilia. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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