Paths in Twilight

Paths in Twilight
Directed by Gustav Fröhlich
Produced by Rolf Meyer
Written by Robert A. Stemmle
Starring Gustav Fröhlich
Sonja Ziemann
Benno Sterzenbach
Music by Werner Eisbrenner
Cinematography Franz Weihmayr
Edited by Walter Fredersdorf
Production
company
Junge Film-Union Rolf Meyer
Distributed by Schorcht Filmverleih
Release date
9 April 1948
Running time
90 minutes
Country West Germany
Language German

Paths in Twilight (German: Wege im Zwielicht) is a 1948 West German drama film directed by and starring Gustav Fröhlich .[1] It also features Sonja Ziemann and Benno Sterzenbach. It is part of the rubble film tradition made in Germany in the wake of the Second World War.

It was shot at the Bendestorf Studios outside Hamburg and on location in Hannover. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Grave.

Synopsis

The film portrays the lives of three youths in immediate post-war Hannover who are homeless and try to make a living on the black market. When they are falsely connected with a murder they flee the city to the countryside where a sympathetic mayor offers them a fresh start.

Cast

References

  1. Bock & Bergfelder p.139

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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