''Paths in Twilight'' (german: Wege im Zwielicht) is a 1948 West German

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directed by and starring

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.Bock & Bergfelder p. 139 It also features

Sonja Ziemann Sonja Alice Selma Toni Ziemann (; 8 February 1926 – 17 February 2020) was a German film and television actress. In the 1950s, she was among Germany's most prominent actresses, awarded the 1950 Bambi for appearing, together with Rudolf Prack, ...

and

Benno Sterzenbach Benno Sterzenbach (born 3 March 1916 Osnabrück - died 13 September 1985 Feldafing) was a German cinema and theatre actor and director. Biography His first major role on stage was ''Götz von Berlichingen'' at which he played next to Ellen S ...

. It is part of the

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tradition made in

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in the wake of the

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. It was shot at the

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Studios outside

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and on location in

Hannover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German States of Germany, state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germa ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Synopsis

The film portrays the lives of three youths in immediate post-war Hannover who are homeless and try to make a living on the

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. When they are falsely connected with a murder they flee the city to the countryside where a sympathetic mayor offers them a fresh start.

Cast

as Otto Lukas * Johanna Lepski as Edith Siems *

as Lissy Stenzel *

as Stefan Kolb *

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as Peter Wille * Alfred Laufhütte as Sepp Lauterjung *

Axel Scholtz Axel may refer to: People * Axel (name), all persons with the name Places * Axel, Netherlands, a town ** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586 Arts, entertainment, media * ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove * ''Axel'', a Cirque ...

as Erwin Putzke * Hubert Endlein * Peter A. Horn *

Hanns Lothar Hanns Lothar (born Hans Lothar Neutze; 10 April 1929 – 11 March 1967) was a German film actor. He appeared in 36 films between 1948 and 1966. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Hamburg, Germany. He was the father of actress Susan ...

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as Junger Ganove

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1948 films German drama films 1948 drama films West German films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Gustav Fröhlich German black-and-white films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub