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Ave Maria (1953 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Ave Maria' is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Alfred Braun and starring Zarah Leander, Hans Stwe and Marianne Hold.Bock & Bergfelder p.279 It was part of the post-war comeback of the Swedish-born Zeander who had been one of the biggest German stars of the Nazi era.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Location filming took place in Hamburg, Finland and the Starnberger See.
Cast
* Zarah Leander as Karin Twerdy aka Maria Talland
* Hans Stwe as Dietrich Gontard
* Marianne Hold as Daniela Twerdy
* Hilde Krber as Schwester Benedikta
* Carl Wery as Dr. Melartin
* Ingrid Pan as Christa Gontard
* Hans Henn as Thomas Gontard
* Hedwig Wangel as Die Oberin
* Charlotte Scheier-Herold as Schwester Luitgard
* Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Dr. Rieser
* Josef Sieber as Conny
* Hans Stiebner as Hanke
* Berta Drews as Kerstin Melartin
* Elisabeth Wendt as Lisa Nilsson
* Etta Braun as Selma
* Zita Uhl as Schwester Beata
* Ingeborg von Freyberg as Schwester Gundula
* Alfred Braun
* Nikolaus Ellin
* Maria Offermanns
* Bertha Picard as Schwester Ursula
* Ernst Rotmund
* Elisabeth Wardt
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. 'The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema'. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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