''Urlaub auf Ehrenwort'' (translated as ''Leave on Word of Honour'') is a 1955 West German
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
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
Claus Biederstaedt
Claus Biederstaedt (28 June 1928 – 18 June 2020) was a German actor. He studied in Hamburg and began his career working with Joseph Offenbach. Among the actors for whom he dubbed were Yves Montand, Peter Falk, Marlon Brando, Vittorio Gassma ...
,
Eva Ingeborg Scholz
Eva Ingeborg Scholz (16 February 1928 – 21 March 2022) was a German film and television actress.
Biography
Eva Ingeborg Scholz made her debut in the title role of the 1948 film ''1-2-3 Corona'' and appeared regularly in films over the follow ...
and
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Reinhard Kolldehoff (29 April 1914 – 18 November 1995) was a German film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1941 and 1988. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' The Gasman'' (1941) - Polizeibeamter (uncr ...
.
[Williams p. 150] It is a remake of the 1939 film ''
Urlaub auf Ehrenwort'' about German soldiers granted leave during the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
.
The film's
art direction
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was by
Willi Herrmann
Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was a German art director.
Selected filmography
* '' Madness'' (1919)
* '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919)
* '' Jettatore'' (1919)
* ''Humanity Unleashed'' (1920)
* '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921)
* ''The Maharaja ...
and
Wilhelm Vorwerg
Wilhelm Vorwerg (1899–1990) was a German art director who designed the sets for over fifty films including a number of Rialto Film's series of Edgar Wallace adaptations in the 1960s.Bergfelder p.256
Selected filmography
* '' In the Name of the ...
.
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Williams, Alan. ''Film and Nationalism''. Rutgers University Press, 2002.
External links
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1955 films
West German films
German drama films
1955 drama films
1950s German-language films
Films directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Films set on the home front during World War II
Remakes of German films
German black-and-white films
1950s German films
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