Faded Melody

Faded Melody
Directed by Viktor Tourjansky
Produced by Ulrich Mohrbutter
Written by Emil Burri
Starring Brigitte Horney
Willy Birgel
Carl Raddatz
Hans Brausewetter
Music by Marta Linz
Cinematography Günther Rittau
Edited by Walter Fredersdorf
Production
company
Distributed by UFA
Release date
 17 April 1938
Running time
 98 minutes
Country Germany
Language German

Faded Melody (German: Verklungene Melodie) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Brigitte Horney, Willy Birgel and Carl Raddatz.[1] Horney and Birgel play characters engaged in a troubled transatlantic romance, with she based in New York City and he in Berlin. The film was made by Germany's largest studio of the era UFA.

Partial cast

  • Brigitte Horney as Barbara Lorenz
  • Willy Birgel as Thomas Gront
  • Carl Raddatz as Werner Gront
  • Hans Brausewetter as Steffken
  • Vera von Langen as Olga, Thomas' Freundin
  • Silvia de Bettini as Sonja
  • Erich Fiedler as Freddy
  • Karl Platen as Karl, Diener
  • Andrews Engelmann as Casiez
  • Bill Bocket as Léon
  • Achim von Biel as Schmidt, Thomas' Sekretär
  • Angelo Ferrari as Der Kellner bei der Silvesterfeier
  • Jens von Hagen as Das Mädchen bei Barbara
  • Hilde Heinrich as Die Krankenschwester
  • Carl Merznicht as Der Assistenzarzt
  • Pia Mietens as Ein Gast bei Olga, die sich nach Thomas erkundigt
  • Michael von Newlinsky as Ein französischer Sergeant am Flughafen
  • Hans-Joachim Roedelius as Der kleine Bobby, Barbaras Söhnchen
  • Stella Textor as Eine französische Flugpassagierin
  • Theodor Thony as Ein französischer Flugpassagier
  • Werner Finck
  • Boris Alekin
  • Ernst Behmer
  • Josef Karma

References

  1. ↑ Hake p.247

Bibliography

  • Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.
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