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Wikipedia article




'The Lost Face' (German: 'Das verlorene Gesicht') is a 1948 German drama film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Marianne Hoppe, Gustav Frhlich and Richard Hussler. The plot of a woman with two divided personalities caused by a recent trauma drew inspiration from the Gainsborough Melodrama 'Madonna of the Seven Moons' which had been extremely popular on its release in Germany.Bergfelder p.31

It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich with Location shooting taking place in Heidelberg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Kuhnert.

Synopsis



In Stuttgart a lost and disorientated young woman is found. It is assumed she is from Tibet. She receives care from a doctor and falls in love with a lawyer. Yet suddenly her face and voice change and she emerges as a completely different woman.

Cast



* Marianne Hoppe as Johanna Stegen

* Gustav Frhlich as Dr. Thomas Martin

* Richard Hussler as Robert Lorm

* Paul Dahlke as Axel Witt

* Hermine Krner as Frau von Aldenhoff

* Harald Mannl as Leo L'Arronge

* Rudolf Vogel as Professor Kersten

* Walter Kiaulehn as Anstaltsarzt

* Erich Ponto as Wissenschaftler

* Bruno Hbner as Bildhauer

* Herbert Weicker as Dr. Rasan

* Ruth Killer as Sonja

* Eva Vaitl as Dame

* Helmuth Renar as Geheimrat Winter

References



Bibliography



* Bergfelder, Tim. 'International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s'. Berghahn Books, 2005.


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