''Come Back'' (German: ''Komm zurück'') is a 1953 West German

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directed by

Alfred Braun Alfred Braun (13 May 1888 – 3 January 1978) was a German screenwriter, actor and film director. Filmography Actor * ''Das Leid der Liebe'' (1916) * ''Der Sohn der Magd'' (1919) * '' The Gambler'' (1920) - Stöckel * ''Rosenmontag'' (1924) * ' ...

and starring

Winnie Markus Winnie Markus (1921–2002) was a Czechoslovakia-born Germany, German film actor, film and television actress. Selected filmography * ''A Mother's Love (1939 film), A Mother's Love'' (1939) - Rosl Pirlinger * ' (1939) - Juana de Alvarado * ''The ...

Rudolf Prack Rudolf Prack (2 August 1905 – 2 December 1981) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * ''Florentine'' (1937) * ''Prinzessin Sissy'' (1939) - Prince Luitpold * '' A Mother's Love'' (1939) - Felix Pirlinger - 1922 * ''Krambambuli'' ( ...

and

Hans Stüwe Hans Stüwe (14 May 1901 – 13 May 1976) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Prinz Louis Ferdinand'' (1927) * ''Potsdam (film), Potsdam'' (1927) * ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927) * ''The Bordello in Rio'' (1927) * ''Ass ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.374 It was shot at the

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and

Wandsbek Studios The Wandsbek Studios are film production and television studios located in Wandsbek, a district of the German city of Hamburg. The complex was established in 1948 when Real Film, set up the previous year, acquired a site in Wandsbek for constr ...

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took place around

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and on the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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, Ernst Richter and Hans Richter.

Cast

as Sabine Viborg *

as Martin Larsen *

as Konrad Frisius * Rasma Ducat as Titine Clomord-Singer * Joachim Rake as Gert Hassler * Margreth Meier-Wolters as Frau Muthesius *

as Vokrodt * Helmut Gmelin as Danehl * Eva Fiebig as Fräulein Kranboer *

Carl Voscherau Carl Voscherau (1900–1963) was a German film actor.Shandley p.212 He was also a prominent voice actor, dubbing foreign films for release in Germany. His son Henning Voscherau was Mayor of Hamburg. Selected filmography * ''Film Without a Title' ...

as Bloom * Etta Braun as Marguerite * Teddy Turai as La Chaussee * Kurt Fuß as Franz Zollinspektor *

Axel Monjé Axel Monjé (1910 – 1962) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.193 Selected filmography * ''Central Rio'' (1939) * '' Counterfeiters'' (1940) * ''My Life for Ireland'' (1941) * ''Hoegler's Mission'' (1950) * '' Come Back'' (1953) * ''The ...

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1953 films West German films German drama films 1953 drama films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Alfred Braun Gloria Film films Films scored by Robert Stolz German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot at Wandsbek Studios {{1950s-Germany-film-stub