''White Gold'' (German: ''Weißes Gold'') is a 1949 Austrian
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 ...
directed by
Eduard von Borsody
Eduard von Borsody (; 13 June 1898 – 1 January 1970) was an Austrian cameraman, film editor, film director, and screenplay writer.
Biography
His film career began as a cameraman. Among his first jobs were three films on which Mihály Kertés ...
and starring
Heinrich Gretler
Heinrich Gretler (1897–1977) was a Swiss film and television actor, who also starred on stage at the Bernhard-Theater in Zurich.
Selected filmography
* '' The Mysterious Mirror'' (1928)
* '' Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (1928)
* ''The Man ...
,
Alma Seidler
Alma Seidler (1 June 1899 – 8 December 1977) was an Austrian actress. She was member of the Burgtheater for over 50 years.
Biography
Alma Seidler was born in Leoben, the daughter of Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg. The later Burgtheater dir ...
and
Robert Freitag
Robert Peter Freytag (7 April 1916 in Vienna – 8 July 2010 in Munich), known professionally as Robert Freitag, was an Austrian-Swiss stage and screen actor and film director.
Life
Freitag was the son of the Swiss opera singer Otto Freitag (Ott ...
.
[Fritsche p.238]
The film's
art direction was by
Julius von Borsody
Julius von Borsody (8 April 1892 in Vienna – 18 January 1960, also in Vienna) was an Austrian film architect and one of the most employed set designers in the Austrian and German cinemas of the late silent and early sound film periods. His yo ...
.
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Fritsche, Maria. ''Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity''. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links
*
1949 films
1940s German-language films
Films directed by Eduard von Borsody
1949 drama films
Austrian drama films
Austrian black-and-white films
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