''Artists' Blood'' () is a 1949 West German
comedy film
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directed by
Wolfgang Wehrum and starring
Hans Richter,
Dorit Kreysler and
Fritz Odemar.
[Baer p. 72] It was shot at the
Wandsbek Studios in
Hamburg
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and
on location in
mountain resort town of
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; ) is an Northern Limestone Alps, Alpine mountain resort, ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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s
Kurt Herlth and
Carl Ludwig Kirmse.
Synopsis
A successful
clown
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wants to marry the daughter of a
factory owner, but his prospective
father-in-law doesn't want a
circus performer in the family and insists that he takes a job at the factory. With a heavy heart he agrees, but then discovering a
doppelganger he persuades him to take his place. Confusion soon arises between them.
Cast
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Hans Richter as Clown Antonio & Anton Lammbein
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Dorit Kreysler as Lissy Schilling - Dolmetscherin
*
Fritz Odemar as Steffens - Fabrikbesitzer
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Karin Jacobsen as Hannelore - seine Tochter
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Hubert von Meyerinck as Ricardo Pisetti - Manager
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Josef Sieber as Canossa - Garderobier
* Alexis as Liebling - Inspizient
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Petra Unkel as Gesine Pagel
* Luise Franke-Booch as Mutter Lammbein
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Hans Leibelt as Schröder - Portier im 'Continental'
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Carl Voscherau as Portier im 'Hotel Roß'
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Grethe Weiser as Die Vortragskünstlerin
*
Walter Giller
References
Bibliography
* Baer, Hester. ''Dismantling the Dream Factory: Gender, German Cinema, and the Postwar Quest for a New Film Language''. Berghahn Books, 2012.
External links
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1949 films
1949 comedy films
German comedy films
West German films
1940s German-language films
Films directed by Wolfgang Wehrum
German black-and-white films
Circus films
1940s German films
Films shot in Bavaria
Films shot at Wandsbek Studios
Films scored by Lotar Olias
German-language comedy films
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