The Kreutzer Sonata (1937 film)

The Kreutzer Sonata

Directed by	Veit Harlan
Written by	Leo Tolstoy (novel) Eva Leidmann
Produced by	Georg Witt
Starring	Lil Dagover Peter Petersen Albrecht Schoenhals
Cinematography	Otto Baecker
Edited by	Walter von Bonhorst
Music by	Ernst Roters
Production companies	Georg Witt-Film UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	11 February 1937 (1937-02-11)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Kreutzer Sonata (German: Die Kreutzersonate) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Lil Dagover, Peter Petersen and Albrecht Schoenhals.^[1] It was based on the 1889 novella of the same name by Leo Tolstoy.

The film's art direction was by Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller.

Cast

Lil Dagover as Jelaina Posdnyschew
Peter Petersen as Andrej Posdnyschew
Albrecht Schoenhals as Gregor Tuchatschewsky
Hilde Körber as Gruschenka
Walter Werner as Dr. Raskin
Wolfgang Kieling as Wassja
Paul Bildt as Anwalt im Zugabteil
Heinz Berghaus as Jungvermälter im Zugabteil
Ilse Cotence as Dirne Lisawetha
Margot Erbst as Landarbeiterin Marfa
Hugo Flink as Gast bei Andrei
Gabriele Hoffmann as Baronin auf Andrejs Fest
Edith Linn as Fräulein im Zugabteil
Paul Adalbert Ebelt as Gast auf Andrejs Fest
Leo Peukert as Impresario Stansky
Franz Pollandt as Troikakutscher
Werner Siegert as Kartenspieler Maxim Wassilowitsch
Armin Schweizer as Alter Mann im Zugabteil
Lotte Spira as Fürstin auf Andrejs Fest
Max Wilmsen as Ober im Wiesbadener Lokal
Bruno Ziener as Diener Iwan
Ellen Becker as 1. Verehrerin Gregors
Friedl Hampter as Verehrerin Gregors
Gertrud Hartwig as 3. Verehrerin Gregors
Inge Stratner as Verehrerin Gregors
Mussia Gürtler as Dienstmädchen Kitty
Peter Busse as 1. Konzertbesucher in Wiesbaden
Fritz Draeger as 2. Konzertbesucher in Wiesbaden
Paul Ludwig Frey as 3. Konzertbesucher in Wiesbaden
Werner Pledath as Hotelgast
Ingeborg Carlsson as Blondine im Hotelspeisesaal
Günther Lüders

References

^ Rentschler p. 167

Bibliography

Rentschler, Eric (1996). The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-57640-7.

External links

The Kreutzer Sonata at IMDb

v t e Leo Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata (1889)
Films	The Kreutzer Sonata (1911) The Kreutzer Sonata (1915) The Kreutzer Sonata (1920) The Kreutzer Sonata (1922) The Kreutzer Sonata (1927) The Kreutzer Sonata (1937) Celos (1946) Prelude to Madness (1948) The Kreutzer Sonata (1987) The Kreutzer Sonata (2008)
Other	The Kreutzer Sonata (painting) String Quartet No. 1

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