''Faded Melody'' (german: Verklungene Melodie) is a 1938 German

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directed by

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and starring Brigitte Horney,

Willy Birgel Willy Birgel (19 September 1891 – 29 December 1973), born Wilhelm Maria Birgel, was a German theatre and film actor. Career Birgel began his acting career before World War I on the stage in his native city of Cologne, and came to movies ra ...

and

Carl Raddatz Carl Raddatz (13 March 1912 – 19 May 2004) was a German stage and film actor. Raddatz was a leading man of German cinema during the Nazi era appearing in a number of propaganda films and romances. Later in his career he developed a reputation f ...

.Hake p. 247The film was made by Germany's largest studio of the era

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. It was shot at the

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and on location in French Algeria,

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and

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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hermann Asmus and

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. It premiered at Berlin's

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Synopsis

Horney and Birgel play characters engaged in a troubled transatlantic romance, with she based in New York City and he in Berlin.

Partial cast

* Brigitte Horney as Barbara Lorenz *

as Thomas Gront *

as Werner Gront *

Hans Brausewetter Hans Brausewetter (27 May 1899 – 29 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1945. He appeared in the 1923 film '' The Treasure'', which was directed by Georg Wil ...

as Steffken * Vera von Langen as Olga, Thomas' Freundin * Silvia de Bettini as Sonja *

Erich Fiedler Erich Fiedler (15 March 1901 – 19 May 1981) was a German film actor. He was the German dubbing voice of Robert Morley. Selected filmography * ''The Escape to Nice'' (1932) * '' Overnight Sensation'' (1932) * '' Marion, That's Not Nice'' (1933 ...

as Freddy *

Karl Platen Karl Platen (6 March 1877 – 4 July 1952) was a German actor and cinematographer known for '' Girl in the Moon'' (1929) and '' M'' (1931). Biography Karl Platen was born as Carl Platen on March 6, 1877 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He died ...

as Karl, Diener *

Andrews Engelmann Andrews Engelmann (23 March 1901 – 25 February 1992) was a Russian-born German actor. He worked primarily in Germany, where he specialised in playing Russian roles, but also appeared in a number of British films during his career. He was born as ...

as Casiez * Bill Bocket as Léon * Achim von Biel as Schmidt, Thomas' Sekretär *

Angelo Ferrari Angelo Ferrari (14 August 1897 – 15 June 1945) was an Italian actor known for his work in German cinema. Selected filmography * '' The Nude Woman'' (1922) * '' The Green Manuela'' (1923) * ''Samson'' (1923) * '' The Faces of Love'' (1924) * ' ...

as Der Kellner bei der Silvesterfeier *

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as Das Mädchen bei Barbara * Hilde Heinrich as Die Krankenschwester * Carl Merznicht as Der Assistenzarzt * Pia Mietens as Ein Gast bei Olga, die sich nach Thomas erkundigt *

Michael von Newlinsky Michael von Newlinsky (21 June 1891 – 14 August 1964) was an Austrian film actor who appeared in numerous supporting roles during his career, in films such as Georg Wilhelm Pabst's ''Pandora's Box'' (1929).Roberts p.82 Selected filmography * ...

as Ein französischer Sergeant am Flughafen *

Hans-Joachim Roedelius Hans-Joachim Roedelius (born 26 October 1934) is a German electronic musician and composer, best known as a co-founder of the influential 'kosmische' groups Cluster and Harmonia. He also performed in the ambient jazz trio Aquarello, and relea ...

as Der kleine Bobby, Barbaras Söhnchen * Stella Textor as Eine französische Flugpassagierin * Theodor Thony as Ein französischer Flugpassagier *

Werner Finck Werner Finck (2 May 1902 – 31 July 1978) was a German ''Kabarett'' comedian, actor and author. Not politically motivated by his own admission but just a "convinced individualist", he became one of Germany's leading cabaret artists under the co ...

* Boris Alekin *

Ernst Behmer Ernst Behmer (22 December 1875 – 26 February 1938) was a prolific German stage and film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during the silent and early sound eras. Behmer was born in Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany (now Kalin ...

* Josef Karma

References

Bibliography

* Hake, Sabine. ''Popular Cinema of the Third Reich''. University of Texas Press, 2001.

External links

* 1938 films Films of Nazi Germany German drama films German black-and-white films 1938 drama films 1930s German-language films Films set in Berlin Films set in New York City Films directed by Victor Tourjansky UFA GmbH films 1930s German films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios Films shot in Algeria {{1930s-Germany-film-stub