''I Know What I'm Living For'' (German: ''Ich weiß, wofür ich lebe'') is a 1955 West German

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directed by

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and starring

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, Robert Freitag and

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. Holmstrom p.249 It was shot at the

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and on location around Baierbrunn and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The film's sets were designed by the art directors

Ernst H. Albrecht Ernst H. Albrecht (1906–1982) was a German art director. He worked on the sets of over eighty films during his career. He was employed mainly in Germany, but also worked on the Austrian film ''The Blue Star of the South'' in 1951.Fritsche p.241 ...

and Paul Markwitz.

Cast

as Maria Pfluger * Robert Freitag as Peter Neumann, Mechaniker *

as Alice Lechaudier *

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as Anna, Wirtschafterin bei Maria *

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as Dr. Grumbach, RA. * Werner Fuetterer as Dr. Schneider, RA. *

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as Frl. Fährmann, Jugendfürsogerin *

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as Pfeifer, Inspektor Jugendfürsorge *

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as Pit * Knut Mahlke as Jascho * Louise Kleve *

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* Otto Clemente * Wolf Ackva *

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* Heinz Peter Scholz *

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* Rudolf Reiff * Joachim Teege *

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* Leo Siedler * Franz Loskarn *

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* Rolf Kralovitz *

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* Walter Sedlmayr

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Wolfgram, Mark. ''"Getting History Right": East and West German Collective Memories of the Holocaust and War''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2011.

External links

* 1955 films 1955 drama films German drama films West German films 1950s German-language films 1950s German films Films directed by Paul Verhoeven (Germany) Gloria Film films Films shot in Bavaria Films shot at Bavaria Studios {{1950s-Germany-film-stub