Cordula (film)

Cordula is a 1950 Austrian drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Paula Wessely, Attila Hörbiger and Jane Tilden.[1] It is based on a 1925 poem by Anton Wildgans about a woman in a small town who falls pregnant to a local forester serving in the Austrian Army during the First World War.

Cordula
Paula Wessely and Attila Hörbiger
Directed byGustav Ucicky
Produced byPaula Wessely
Written byAnton Wildgans (poem)
Max Mell
Gustav Ucicky
StarringPaula Wessely
Attila Hörbiger
Jane Tilden
Music byJosef Marx
CinematographyHans Schneeberger
Edited byHenny Brünsch
Production
company
Paula Wessely Filmproduktion
Distributed bySascha Film
Union-Film (West Germany)
Release date
23 October 1950
Running time
103 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

The film was the made by Wessely's independent production company, and was the sixth time she had appeared in a film directed by Usicky. It was partly shot on location in the vicinity of Vorau in Styria, using locals as extras. Interiors were shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna with sets designed by the art director Otto Niedermoser.

Cast

gollark: I see.
gollark: I don't think that's what I meant.
gollark: Is that a good idea? It sounds like a somewhat narrow skillset, and many of those things are being automated nowadays.
gollark: I suppose you can just not do that.
gollark: Well, sitting down for ages is apparently maybe bad.

References

  1. Fritsche p.238

Bibliography

  • Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.
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