''Keepers of the Night'' (german: Nachtwache) is a 1949 West German
drama film
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directed by
Harald Braun
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Selected filmography
* ''The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl'' (dir. Carl Froelich, 193 ...
and starring
Luise Ullrich
Luise Ullrich (31 October 1910 – 21 January 1985) was an Austrian actress.
She was born in Vienna. While still a teenager, she got a stage contract. In late 1932, Ullrich played opposite Werner Krauss in "Rauhnacht" in Berlin. In 1933, sh ...
,
Hans Nielsen and
René Deltgen
Renatus Heinrich Deltgen born 30 April 1909 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; died 29 January 1979 in Cologne, West Germany) was a Luxembourgian stage and film actor
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.
[Bock & Bergfelder p. 82] It was made as a partnership between a
Göttingen
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-based company and one located in
Munich
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. Much of the shooting took place at the
Göttingen Studios
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. 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 ...
Walter Haag
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Selected filmography
* ''The Private Life of Louis XIV'' (19 ...
.
Cast
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Luise Ullrich
Luise Ullrich (31 October 1910 – 21 January 1985) was an Austrian actress.
She was born in Vienna. While still a teenager, she got a stage contract. In late 1932, Ullrich played opposite Werner Krauss in "Rauhnacht" in Berlin. In 1933, sh ...
as Cornelie
*
Hans Nielsen as Pfarrer Johannes Heger
*
René Deltgen
Renatus Heinrich Deltgen born 30 April 1909 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; died 29 January 1979 in Cologne, West Germany) was a Luxembourgian stage and film actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance ...
as Stefan Gorgas
*
Dieter Borsche
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as Kaplan von Imhoff
*
Angelika Meissner Angelika may refer to:
* Angelika (given name)
* Angelika Film Center, theater chain
See also
* Pieris angelika, butterfly
* Angelica (disambiguation)
* Angelique (disambiguation)
Angelique or Angélique may refer to:
* Angélique (given na ...
as Lotte Heger
*
Käthe Haack
Käthe Haack (born Käte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack; 11 August 1897 – 5 May 1986) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 200 films and 30 television productions between 1915 and 1985.
Life and career
Käte Li ...
as Oberin von Heiliggeist
*
Gertrud Eysoldt
Gertrud Franziska Gabriele Eysoldt (30 November 1870 – 6 January 1955) was a German actress. She appeared in more than fifteen films from 1923 to 1949.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1870 births
1955 deaths
Peop ...
as Schwester Jakobe
*
Annette Schleiermacher as Helferin
*
Nicolas Koline
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as Karnickelmann
*
Herbert Kroll
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* Herbert Mountains, Coats Land
* Herbert Sound, Graham Land
Australia
* Herber ...
as Bürgermeister
*
Hans Hermann Schaufuß
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Hans Joachim Schaufuß (transliterated: Schaufuss) (28 Decemb ...
*
Marion Gauer
* Peter Paul
*
Anne-Marie Hanschke
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*
Gudrun Rabente
*
Claire Reigbert
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* Clair (surname)
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Canada
* Clair, New Brunswick, a former village, now part of Haut-Madawaska
* Clair Parish, New Brunswick
* Pointe-Claire, Q ...
*
Sigrid Becker
*
Ingeborg Morawski
*
Ilona Lamée
*
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*Al Gabriele, American comic book artist
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*
Ursula Thiess
Ursula Thiess (May 15, 1924 – June 19, 2010) was a German film actress who had a brief Hollywood career in the 1950s.
Thiess began her career on the stage in her native Germany and by dubbing female voices in American films as Ursula Schmidt. ...
*
Charlotte Huhn
Charlotte Huhn (15 September 1865 – 15 June 1925) was a German operatic contralto.
Life and career
Huhn was born the youngest of five children in a hairdressing family at 27 Grapengiesserstrasse in Lüneburg. When her father died, one of her ...
*
Otto Brodowski
*
Odo Krohmann
*
Maut Mauthe
*
Hermann Nehlsen
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
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1949 films
1949 drama films
German drama films
West German films
1940s German-language films
Films directed by Harald Braun
German black-and-white films
1940s German films
Films shot at Göttingen Studios
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