''Dorothea Angermann'' is a 1959 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 ...

directed by

Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak (; 8 August 1900 – 10 March 1973) was a German film director who also worked in the United States. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for a series of films noirs he made in the 1940s, such as ''The Killers'' (194 ...

and starring Ruth Leuwerik,

Bert Sotlar Bert Sotlar (1921–1992) was a Yugoslav film actor. He starred in the 1959 German film ''Dorothea Angermann''.Alpi p.249 Selected filmography * ''The House on the Coast'' (1954) * ''Three Quarters of a Sun'' (1959) * ''Dorothea Angermann ''Doro ...

and Alfred Schieske.Alpi p.357 It was adapted from the play by

Gerhart Hauptmann Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (; 15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into his work as well. He rece ...

. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Stratil.

Plot

Dorothea Angermann, the daughter of a clergyman, is accused of the murder of her husband, a brutal man that she was obliged to marry because she was pregnant and he was the father of the baby.

Cast

* Ruth Leuwerik as Dorothea Angermann *

as Michael Sever * Alfred Schieske as Pastor Angermann *

Kurt Meisel Kurt Meisel (18 August 1912 – 4 April 1994) was an Austrian actor and film director. He appeared in 65 films between 1934 and 1994. He also directed 21 films between 1949 and 1984. Meisel was married to the actress Ursula Lingen. He was born a ...

as Mario Malloneck *

Edith Schultze-Westrum Edith Käthe Elisabeth Schultze-Westrum (30 December 1904 – 20 March 1981) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1932 and 1979. These included the role of Mrs. Hudson in the 1962 film '' Sherlock Holmes an ...

as Frau Lüders * Alfred Balthoff as Weiss * Monika John as Rosa *

Ursula Herwig Ursula may refer to: * Ursula (name), feminine name and a list of people and fictional characters with the name * ''Ursula'' (album), an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron *Ursula (crater), a crater on Titania, a moon of Uranus *Ursula (det ...

as Irene * Ernst Konstantin as Gerichtsvorsitzender * Holger Hagen as Defense lawyer * Heliane Bei as Wally * Claudia Gerstäcker as Irmgard * Wilmut Borell as Prosecutor *

Walter Sedlmayr Walter Sedlmayr (6 January 1926 – 14 July 1990) was a popular German stage, television, and film actor from Bavaria. His murder in 1990 was widely publicized. Career After his 1945 wartime ''Abitur,'' Sedlmayr served as a '' Flakhelfer'' to ...

as Willi *

Karl Lieffen Karl Lieffen (17 May 1926 – 13 January 1999), born Karel František Lifka, was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films on screen and television between 1949 and 1998. He was born in Ossegg (Osek), Czechoslovakia and atten ...

References

Bibliography

* Alpi, Deborah Lazaroff. ''Robert Siodmak: A Biography''. McFarland, 1998.

External links

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