''Girls Behind Bars'' (german: Mädchen hinter Gittern) is a 1949 West German drama film directed by Alfred Braun and starring

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, Richard Häussler and Edelweiß Malchin.Bergfelder p. 106 It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the

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Willi Herrmann.

Cast

as Ursula Schumann * Richard Häussler as Breuhaus * Edelweiß Malchin as Elfie Meyen * Susi Deitz as Wanda Schmidt *

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as Irmchen Fischer, 'Würmchen' *

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as Lore Liebhold * Micheline Hoerle as Isolde Loring, 'Isa' * Gabriele Heßmann as Irmgard Rechenberg, 'Boss' * Ruth Hausmeister as Ilse Heidenreich, 'Heidin' * Berta Drews as Paula Rellspieß, 'Spiess' * Else Ehser as Hanna Späthe, 'Hannchen' * Elisabeth Wendt as Else Richnow, 'Bohnenstange' * Ralph Lothar as Richard Halbes * Fritz Wagner as Harald Hauffe * Arno Paulsen as Helmcke * Erich Dunskus as Franz Schmidt * Alice Treff as Frau Schumann *

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as Frau Liebhold *

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as Frau Hardtcke * Wolfgang Kühne as Dr. Helwig *

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as Paulus

References

Bibliography

* Bergfelder, Tim. ''International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s''. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

* 1949 films 1949 drama films German drama films West German films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Alfred Braun Films shot at Tempelhof Studios Women in prison films German black-and-white films 1940s German films Films scored by Herbert Trantow {{1940s-Germany-film-stub