''Love '47'' (german: Liebe 47) is a 1949

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directed by

Wolfgang Liebeneiner Wolfgang Georg Louis Liebeneiner (6 October 1905 – 28 November 1987) was a German actor, film director and theatre director. Beginnings He was born in Lubawka, Liebau in Prussian Silesia. In 1928, he was taught by Otto Falckenberg, the directo ...

and starring Dieter Horn,

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and Sylvia Schwarz. It was part of the cycle of rubble films made in post-war Germany. A young man and a woman about to commit suicide by jumping into a river, recount to each other their experiences of the

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and the struggles of the immediate post-war situation. Eventually they convince each other that life is worth living after all. The film was shot at the

Göttingen Studios The Göttingen Studios were film studios located in the German city of Göttingen. The studios were established in 1948 on a site that had previously been used as an aeroplane hangar on the outskirts of Göttingen. The studios were founded by the ...

with sets designed by the

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. It was partly based on the play '' Draußen vor der Tür'' by

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, with many extra scenes added showing the experience of a woman on the

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whereas the original stage work had concentrated only on the perspectives of soldiers coming home.Shandley p. 71–72 The film is particularly notable for its sympathetic treatment of its female protagonist.

Cast

* Dieter Horn as Jürgen Gehrke *

as Anna Gehrke * Sylvia Schwarz as Monika Gehrke * Karl John as Beckmann *

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as Lisa Beckmann *

Hedwig Wangel Hedwig Wangel (1875–1961) was a German stage and film actress. Life and career Born as Amalie Pauline Hedwig Simon on September 23, 1875, in Berlin in the German Empire, Hedwig Wangel was the daughter of a music publisher. After studying acting ...

as Mutter Beckmann *

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as Frau Puhlmann * Luise Franke-Booch as Frau Kramer *

Albert Florath Albert Peter Adam Florath (7 December 1888, Bielefeld – 11 March 1957, Gaildorf) was a German stage and film actor. Early life and education Born to Joseph Florath, a locksmith, and his wife Matilda, née Burkart, he attended school in Brak ...

as Unternehmer *

Erich Ponto Erich Johannes Bruno Ponto (14 December 1884 – 14 February 1957) was a German film and stage actor. Career Erich Ponto was born in Lübeck as the son of a merchant. After his family had moved to Hamburg- Eimsbüttel, he attended the gymnasium ...

as Alter Mann *

Hubert von Meyerinck Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (23 August 1896 – 13 May 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1970. Biography Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858� ...

as Direktor Engelbrecht * Paul Hoffmann as Oberst * Leonore Esdar as Frau des Obersts * Gisela Burghardt as Tochter des Oberst *

Herbert Tiede Herbert Tiede (3 March 1915 – 12 January 1987) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1943 to 1975. Filmography References External links * 1915 births 1987 deaths German male film actors {{Ger ...

as Schwiegersohn des Obersts *

Leopold von Ledebur Leopold von Ledebur (18 May 1876 – 22 August 1955) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Carmen'' (1918) * ''The Serenyi'' (1918) * ''Midnight'' (1918) * ''The Foolish Heart'' (1919) * ''The Golden Lie'' (1919) * '' Th ...

as General *

Heinz Klevenow Heinz Klevenow (8 November 1908, Hildesheim–27 January 1975, Hamburg) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Love '47'' (1949) * ''Second Hand Destiny'' (1949) * '' Klettermaxe'' (1952) * '' The Bogeyman'' (1953) * ''Confessions of Felix K ...

as Ein Panzermann * Rudolf Kalvius as Von Wehrzahn *

Helmuth Rudolph Helmuth Rudolph (1900–1971) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' So Ended a Great Love'' (1934) * ''The Last Waltz'' (1934) * ''Blum Affair'' (1948) * ''Blocked Signals'' (1948) * ''Love '47'' (1949) * ''The Prisoner'' (1949) * ''Don't ...

as Alfred * Kurt A. Jung as Peter *

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as Kriminalbeamter *

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as Betty aus Berlin * Alice Verden as Tante Eva *

Tilo von Berlepsch Tilo von Berlepsch (30 December 1913 – 8 April 1991) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 90 films and television shows between 1949 and 1977. He came from the Berlepsch family and was a grandson of the ornithologist Hans Hermann C ...

as Vetter Fritz

References

Bibliography

* Shandley, Robert R. ''Rubble Films: German Cinema in the Shadow of the Third Reich''. Temple University Press, 2001.

External links

* 1949 films 1949 drama films German drama films West German films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner Films set in Hamburg Films set in 1947 Films about Nazi Germany German films based on plays German black-and-white films 1940s German films Films shot at Göttingen Studios {{1940s-Germany-film-stub