''Nora'' is a 1944 German

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directed by Harald Braun and starring Luise Ullrich, Viktor Staal and Franziska Kinz. The film is an adaptation of

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's play ''

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''. The film uses Ibsen's alternate ending where the unhappy couple are reconciled at the end.Hull p. 252

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took place around Park Glienicke in

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and along the

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coast, particularly around Husum. The sets were designed by

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s Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.

Cast

* Luise Ullrich as Nora Helmer * Viktor Staal as Dr. Robert Helmer * Franziska Kinz as Helene Helmer * Gustav Diessl as Dr. Rank * Carl Kuhlmann as John Brack * Ursula Herking as Alvine Tönnesen * Eberhard Leithoff as Fritz Tönnesen * Albert Florath as Diener im Elternhause Noras * Karl Günther as Landrat von Schwartze * Ernst Waldow as Bürgermeister Krüger * Sonja Kuska as Frau Krüger * Erwin Biegel as Sanitätsrat Roselius * Bruno Hübner as Labsaal, Faktotum bei Brack * Maria Litto as Fanny, Dienstmädchen * Karl Hellmer as Kruse, Bankdiener * Clemens Hasse as Sekretär Dr. Helmers * Georg H. Schnell as Bankpräsident * Fanny Cotta as Frau von Schwartze * Irene Fischer * Walter Pentzlin * Harald Sawade * Georg Thomalla

References

Bibliography

* Hull, David Stewart. ''Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933–1945''. University of California Press, 1969.

External links

* 1944 films Films of Nazi Germany German historical drama films 1940s historical drama films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Harald Braun Films set in the 1870s Films based on A Doll's House UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films 1944 drama films 1940s German films Films shot in Berlin Films scored by Mark Lothar {{1940s-Germany-film-stub