''Anuschka'' is a 1942 German

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film directed by

Helmut Käutner Helmut Käutner (25 March 1908 – 20 April 1980) was a German film director active mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. He entered the film industry at the end of the Weimar Republic and released his first films as a director in Nazi Germany. Käu ...

, and starring Hilde Krahl, Siegfried Breuer and Friedl Czepa. It was shot at the

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and Cinecitta in

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took place in

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. The film's sets were designed by

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Ludwig Reiber.

Synopsis

In rural

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, Anuschka loses her family

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when her father dies heavily in debt. She takes up an offer to go to

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

to work as a

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to the

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Felix von Hartberg who treated her father following an accident. However, his wife Eva is having an affair and when she gives her husband's gift of an expensive

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to her lover, she allows Anuschka to wrongly take the blame.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996.

External links

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''Anuschka''
Full movie with English subtitles at Deutsche Filmothek Films of Nazi Germany Films directed by Helmut Käutner Films set in Vienna Films set in Austria Films set in the 1890s German historical drama films 1940s historical drama films Bavaria Film films Films shot at Barrandov Studios Films shot at Cinecittà Studios German black-and-white films 1940s German-language films 1940s German films Films scored by Bernhard Eichhorn {{1940s-Germany-film-stub