''Heart Without Mercy'' (german: Herz ohne Gnade) is a 1958 West German

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combi ...

directed by

Viktor Tourjansky The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * Victor (1951 film), ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * Victor (1993 film), ...

and starring Barbara Rütting,

Hansjörg Felmy Hansjörg Felmy (born Hans-Jörg Hellmuth Felmy; 31 January 1931 – 24 August 2007) was a German actor. He appeared in 50 films and television shows between 1957 and 1995. Films like '' Der Stern von Afrika'' and '' Wir Wunderkinder'' made ...

and

Werner Hinz Werner Hinz (18 January 1903 – 10 February 1985) was a German film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1935 and 1984. Selected filmography * '' The Old and the Young King'' (1935) - Kronprinz Friedrich ('Fritz') * ''White Slaves'' (1 ...

.Hake p.117 It was made at the

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 constru ...

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

. The film's sets were designed by the art director

Albrecht Becker Albrecht Becker (14 November 1906 – 22 April 2002) was a German production designer, photographer, and actor who was imprisoned by the Nazi regime for the charge of homosexuality. Personal life Born in Thale, Germany, Becker trained as a ...

and Herbert Kirchhoff.

Cast

* Barbara Rütting as Anja Wegener *

as Ulrich Rombach *

as Friedrich Rombach *

Hans Nielsen Hans Nielsen may refer to: * Hans Nielsen (American football) (born 1952), Denmark football player * Hans Nielsen (composer) (1580–1626), Danish madrigal composer at the court of Christian IV * Hans Nielsen (actor) (1911–1965), German actor * H ...

as Dr. Waagemann *

Margarete Haagen Margarete Haagen (29 November 1889 – 19 November 1966) was a German stage and film actress. Haagen appeared in over a hundred films during her career, generally in character roles. She specialised in playing good-natured elderly ladies. Fo ...

as Mimi Busse *

Corny Collins Corny Collins (born 1933) is a former German stage, film and television actress.Bergfelder p.259 She was married to the actor Christian Wolff. Selected filmography * '' Voyage to Italy, Complete with Love'' (1958) * '' Father, Mother and Nine ...

as Hilde Wegener *

Günter Pfitzmann Günter Pfitzmann (8 April 1924 – 30 May 2003) was a German film actor who appeared in more than 60 films between 1950 and 2001. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Only One Night'' (1950) * ''All Clues Lead ...

as Dr. Knoll *

Josef Dahmen Josef Dahmen (21 August 1903 – 18 January 1985) was a German stage, film and television actor.Youngkin p. 462. Dahmen was married to the actress Gisela von Collande, with whom he had a daughter Andrea Dahmen. His granddaughter Julia Dahmen ...

as Kriminalrat Dorn * Lotte Brackebusch as Frau Wegener * Elly Burgmer *

Wilhelm Walter Wilhelm Walter (16 June 1850, Rüdenhausen - 8 February 1914, Berlin) was a German architect and construction manager who worked with the Reichspost."Geheimer Baurat Wilhelm Walter", obituary, In: ''Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung.'', Vol. 34. # ...

Manfred Kunst ''Manfred: A dramatic poem'' is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of a Gothic fiction. Byr ...

* Kai Fischer as Christa *

Henry Vahl Henry Vahl (1897–1977) was a German stage, film and television actor.Ball & Spiess p.162 From 1958 he was a star of the Ohnsorg-Theater in Hamburg. His younger brother Bruno Vahl-Berg was also an actor. Selected filmography * '' The Muzzle ...

as Gärtner Volmer

References

Bibliography

* Hake, Sabine. ''German National Cinema''. Routledge, 2002.

External links

* 1958 films West German films German crime films 1958 crime films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Victor Tourjansky Films based on German novels Real Film films Films shot at Wandsbek Studios 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub