''A Life for Do'' (german: Ein Leben für Do) is a 1954 West German
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Gustav Ucicky
Gustav Ucicky (6 July 1899 – 27 April 1961) was an Austrians, Austrian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. He was one of the more successful directors in Austria and Germany from the 1930s through to the early 1960s. His work cov ...
and starring
Hans Söhnker
Hans Söhnker (11 October 1903 – 20 April 1981) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1980. He was born in Kiel, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' The Tsarevich'' (1933) – ...
,
Paola Loew
Paola Loew (1934–1999) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Goble p.838
Early life and career
Born in the Italian city of Trieste she was educated in London and Buenos Aires. She made her screen debut in Argentine cinema, before emigrating to ...
and Heidi Becker.
It was shot at the
Tempelhof Studios
The Tempelhof Studios are a film studio located in Tempelhof in the German capital of Berlin. They were founded in 1912, during the silent era, by German film pioneer Alfred Duskes, who built a glass-roofed studio on the site with financial back ...
in
West Berlin
West Berlin (german: Berlin (West) or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. Although West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany, lacked any sovereignty, and was under mi ...
and
on location around
Lucerne
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ...
and
Zurich. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Emil Hasler
Emil Hasler (November 8, 1901 – January 15, 1986) was a German art director who worked on more than a hundred films during his career. These included a number of Weimar classics such as ''Diary of a Lost Girl, M'' and ''The Blue Angel''.Prawe ...
and
Walter Kutz
Walter Kutz (1904 – 1983) was a German art director.Langford p.223
Selected filmography
* ''Nora'' (1944)
* '' Dreaming'' (1944)
* ''The Silent Guest'' (1945)
* ''And the Heavens Above Us'' (1947)
* ''Nights on the Nile'' (1949)
* ''The Chaste ...
.
Plot
Do lives with her
foster father
Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community, treatment center, etc.), or private home of a state- certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent" or with a family me ...
on a farm in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
. Concerned that she is developing romantic feelings for him he sends her away to school in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
Cast
*
Hans Söhnker
Hans Söhnker (11 October 1903 – 20 April 1981) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1980. He was born in Kiel, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' The Tsarevich'' (1933) – ...
as Thomas
*
Paola Loew
Paola Loew (1934–1999) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Goble p.838
Early life and career
Born in the Italian city of Trieste she was educated in London and Buenos Aires. She made her screen debut in Argentine cinema, before emigrating to ...
as Do
*Heidi Becker as Klein Do
*
Charles Regnier
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...
as Maurice
*Renate Schacht as Vivian
*
Gisela Trowe
Gisela Trowe (5 September 1922 in Dortmund – 5 April 2010 in Hamburg) was a German actress and voice actress.
Selected filmography
* 1948: '' Street Acquaintances''
* 1948: ''The Time with You''
* 1948: '
* 1948: '' Affaire Blum''
* 1951: ' ...
as Marguerite
*
Michael Cramer as Konrad
*
Paul Esser
Paul Esser (24 April 1913 – 20 January 1988) was a German stage and television actor and voice actor. He is remembered for playing the lead role in the Sender Freies Berlin version of the detective series ''Tatort''. Esser was born in Geld ...
as Onkel Karl
*Erna Haffner as Tante Anni
*
Brigitte Rau
Brigitte Rau (31 December 1933 – 24 September 1979) was a German actress.
Life
Brigitte Rau was born on the last day of 1933, the daughter of Otto Kurt Rau and Martha Adele Örtel. She appeared as an actress on stage, but she mainly became k ...
as Gritli
*
Peter Mosbacher
Peter Mosbacher (1912–1977) was a German stage, film and television actor.Goble p.252
Selected filmography
* ''Melody of a Great City'' (1943)
* '' The Last Night'' (1949)
* ''The Prisoner'' (1949)
* ''Two Times Lotte'' (1950)
* ''Harbour Mel ...
as Kapellmeister
*Maria Wimmer as Vera
*
Iwa Wanja
Iwa Wanja (10 October 1905 – 26 June 1991) was a Bulgarian actress based in Germany. She moved to Berlin to pursue her career, appearing in around thirty German films. Married to Norbert Schultze, German composer, best remembered for having writ ...
as Wirtin
References
External links
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1954 drama films
German drama films
West German films
Films directed by Gustav Ucicky
Films set in South Africa
Films set in Switzerland
Films shot in Switzerland
Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
German black-and-white films
1950s German films
1950s German-language films
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