Artists' Blood

Artists' Blood
Directed byWolfgang Wehrum
Written by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byWolfgang Wehrum
Music byLotar Olias
Production
companies
  • Komet-Film-Compagnie
  • Ondia-Filmproduktion
Distributed byRing-Film
Release date
  • 26 August 1949 (1949-08-26)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Artists' Blood (German: Artistenblut) is a 1949 West German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Wehrum and starring Hans Richter, Dorit Kreysler and Fritz Odemar.[1] It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in mountain resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Carl Ludwig Kirmse.

Synopsis

A successful clown 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

References

  1. ^ Baer p. 72

Bibliography

  • Baer, Hester. Dismantling the Dream Factory: Gender, German Cinema, and the Postwar Quest for a New Film Language. Berghahn Books, 2012.