The Curtain Falls

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The Curtain Falls
German film poster
GermanDer Vorhang fällt
Directed byGeorg Jacoby
Written byPaul van der Hurck (play)
Georg Zoch
Produced byUlrich Mohrbutter
StarringAnneliese Uhlig
Elfie Mayerhofer
Hilde Sessak
CinematographyEkkehard Kyrath
Günther Rittau
Edited byErich Kobler
Music byFranz Grothe
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 13 July 1939 (1939-07-13)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Curtain Falls (German: Der Vorhang fällt) is a 1939 German crime film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Anneliese Uhlig, Elfie Mayerhofer and Hilde Sessak.[1] It was based on a play by Paul van der Hurck and was made by UFA at the company's Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Translated by Robert and Rita Kimber. University of California Press. p. 313. ISBN 0520220692.
  2. ^ Klaus p.195

Bibliography[edit]

  • Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1939. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
  • Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.

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