''Under the Thousand Lanterns'' (german: Unter den tausend Laternen) is a 1952 French-West German crime film directed by

Erich Engel Erich Gustav Otto Engel (14 February 1891 – 10 May 1966) was a German film and theatre director.He is often confused with another German film director called Erich Engels, who specialised in comedy, and crime films. Biography Engel was b ...

and starring

Michel Auclair Michel Auclair (born Vladimir Vujović, sr-cyr, Владимир Вујовић; 14 September 1922 – 7 January 1988) was an actor of Serbian and French ancestry, known best for his roles in French cinema. Auclair was born to a Serbian father ...

, Gisela Trowe, and

Hanna Rucker Hanna Rucker (1923–1982) was a German stage and film actress.Goble p.257 Selected filmography * '' Heart of Stone'' (1950) * ''Under the Thousand Lanterns'' (1952) * ''I'm Waiting for You'' (1952) * '' Under the Stars of Capri'' (1953) * '' ...

. It was entered into the

1952 Cannes Film Festival The 5th Cannes Film Festival was held from 23 April to 10 May 1952. As in the previous three festivals, the entire jury of this festival was made up of French persons, with Maurice Genevoix as the Jury President. The Grand Prix of the Festival ...

. It was made by

Real Film Real Film or Real-Film was a West German film production company. It was established in 1947 in Hamburg, then part of the British Zone of Occupation. Its founders were Walter Koppel and the Hungarian Gyula Trebitsch. The company released some rub ...

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 constr ...

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by Albrecht Becker and

Herbert Kirchhoff Herbert Kirchhoff (1911–1988) was a German art director. Selected filmography * ''Nora's Ark'' (1948) * '' My Wife's Friends'' (1949) * '' The Last Night'' (1949) * ''Second Hand Destiny'' (1949) * ''Third from the Right'' (1950) * ''Harbour ...

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* 1952 films West German films 1950s German-language films 1952 crime films German crime films French crime films French black-and-white films Films directed by Erich Engel Films shot in Hamburg Real Film films Films shot at Wandsbek Studios German black-and-white films 1950s German films 1950s French films {{1950s-crime-film-stub