The Blue Hour (1953 film)
The Blue Hour (German: Die blaue Stunde) is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Kristina Söderbaum, Hans Nielsen and Kurt Kreuger.
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| Directed by | Veit Harlan |
| Written by | Veit Harlan |
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| Music by | Franz Grothe |
| Cinematography | Werner Krien |
| Edited by | Walter Boos |
Production company | Komet-Film |
| Distributed by | Panorama-Film |
Release date | 5 March 1953 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Production began on the film in October 1952. It was shot at studios in Göttingen and on location on the island of Capri.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag. Because of public protests against his wartime role as a Nazi filmmaker, Harlan considered turning over the project to his colleague Geza von Bolvary but eventually decided to direct it himself.[2]
It was the third film of a post-war comeback for the husband and wife team Harlan and Söderbaum, but was much less commercially successful than the two previous films the melodramas Immortal Beloved and Hanna Amon.[3]
Cast
- Kristina Söderbaum as Angelika
- Hans Nielsen as Paul
- Kurt Kreuger as Dulong
- Paulette Andrieux as Lou
- Harald Juhnke as Fred
- Renate Feuereisen as Mariechen
- Jakob Tiedtke as Portier
- Otto Gebühr as Geheimrat Jordan
- Charlotte Scheier-Herold
- Esther Gramsch
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß
References
- Noack p.307
- Noack p.307
- Noack p.308
Bibliography
- Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.