''Nina'' is a 1956 West German

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directed by

Rudolf Jugert Rudolf Jugert (1907–1979) was a German film director. Selected filmography * ''Film Without a Title'' (1948) * ''Hello, Fraulein!, Hallo, Fräulein!'' (1949) * ''A Day Will Come (1950 film), A Day Will Come'' (1950) * ''Nights on the Road'' (195 ...

and starring

Anouk Aimée Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus (born 27 April 1932), known professionally as Anouk Aimée () or Anouk, is a French film actress, who has appeared in 70 films since 1947, having begun her film career at age 14. In her early years, she studi ...

Karlheinz Böhm Karlheinz Böhm (16 March 1928 – 29 May 2014) was an Austrian-German actor and philanthropist. He took part in 45 films and became well known in Austria and Germany for his role as Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria Franz Joseph I or Francis ...

and

Peter Carsten Peter Carsten (30 April 1928 – 20 April 2012) was a German actor and film producer. He appeared in 90 films between 1953 and 1999, including in supporting roles, ''Dark of the Sun'' (1968), '' Hannibal Brooks'' (1969), ''Madame Bovary'' ( ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Erich Kettelhut Erich Karl Heinrich Kettelhut (1 November 1893 – 13 March 1979) was a German production designer, Art director#In film, art director and set decorator. Kettelhut is considered one of the most important artists in the history of early German cin ...

. Based on the 1954 novel ''Romeo and Juliet in Vienna'' by

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and Reinhard Federmann, it premiered in

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.Goble p.131

Synopsis

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at the height of the

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, an American journalist falls in love with a secretary working for the

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s, a relationship that ultimately ends in tragedy.

Cast

as Nina Iwanowa *

as Frank Wilson *

as Major Tubaljow *

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'' (19 ...

as Oberst Kapulowski *

Carl Wery Carl Sebastian Martin Wery (born Wery de Lemans; 7 August 1897 in Trostberg, Upper Bavaria – 14 March 1975 in Munich) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''No Day Without You'' (1933) * ''Anna and Elizabeth'' (1933) - Annas Vater ...

as Hofrat Lorenz *

Annie Rosar Annie Rosar (May 17, 1888 – August 5, 1963) was an Austrian stage and film actress who is best remembered today for her appearances in many Austrian comedy films from the 1930s to the early 1960s. In those movies, she was frequently cast in the ...

as Therese *

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as Französischer Kulturreferent *

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as Ober bei Schmiedl *

Karin Himboldt Karin Himboldt (1920–2005) was a German film actress.Goble p.197 She is perhaps best known for her roles in the Heinz Rühmann comedy films '' Quax the Crash Pilot'' (1941) and ''Die Feuerzangenbowle'' (1944). Her career was damaged in 1944 whe ...

as Mabel *

Günther Jerschke Günther Jerschke (1921–1997) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Pour le Mérite'' (1938) - Adjutant des Kommandeurs der Flieger * ''Maya of the Seven Veils'' (1951) * ''Kommen Sie am Ersten'' (1951) - Inspizient * '' Under the Tho ...

as Leutnant Sergejeff *

Marina Ried Marina Ried ( Rsjevskaja; 1921–1989) was a Russian-born German stage and film actress.Cowie & Elley p.167 The niece of the film star Olga Chekhova, she was born in Moscow but moved to Germany as a child. She was married to actor Rudolf Platte ...

as Frau Sergejeff *

Hilde Schreiber Hilde may refer to: *Hilde (given name) * ''Hilde'' (film), a 2009 German biopic film * MV ''Hilde'', a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker *Tom Hilde (born 1987), Norwegian ski jumper Characters *Hilde (Soulcalibur), a character in the ''Soul'' series ...

as Sekretärin bei Frank *

Edward Tierney Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...

as Eddy Cunningham * Wilhelm Walter as Der Tierarzt

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1956 films 1956 drama films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Rudolf Jugert Bavaria Film films West German films Films set in Vienna Cold War films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub