Chemistry and Love

Chemistry and Love
German film poster
German	Chemie und Liebe
Directed by	Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Written by	Frank Clifford Marion Keller
Starring	Hans Nielsen Tilly Lauenstein Ralph Lothar
Cinematography	Bruno Mondi
Edited by	Alice Ludwig
Music by	Theo Mackeben
Production company	DEFA
Distributed by	Sovexport
Release date	1 June 1948 (1948-06-01)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	East Germany
Language	German

Chemistry and Love (German: Chemie und Liebe) is a 1948 East German comedy film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Hans Nielsen, Tilly Lauenstein and Ralph Lothar. It is an anti-capitalist satire inspired by a stage play by the communist writer Béla Balázs.^[1] The plot is built around the discoveries of a crusading inventor.

It was made by the state-controlled DEFA and shot at the Johannisthal Studios in East Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Emil Hasler.

Cast

• Hans Nielsen as Dr. Alland
• Tilly Lauenstein as Martina Höller
• Ralph Lothar as da Costa
• Ann Höling as Georgia Spaldi
• Gisela Deege as Aimée
• Arno Paulsen as C.D. Miller
• Gerd Frickhöffer
• Arno Ebert as Cprnelius Vandenhoff
• Alfred Braun as Narrator
• Anneliese Rausch as Annelie
• Jakob Tiedtke as Patient
• Ye Chong Yin as Sprechstundenhilfe
• Gustav Püttjer as Charly
• Eugen Klinger as Dr. Nasier
• Eduard Matzig as Dr. Hirai
• Heinz Schröder as Dr. Oricheff
• Wolfgang Adriano as Dr. Jänicker
• Helmut Heyne as Dr. Blohmquist
• Elfie Dugall as Fräulein White
• Walter Weinacht as Virtuose
• Helga Warnecke as Ansagerin
• Axel Triebel as Bankier
• Erika Görner as Frau Specht
• Harry Förster as Mann mit Hakennase
• Maria Milde as Winnie
• Martin Rosen as Jensen
• Eva Sieg as Clarissa

References

1. Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 381. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.

Bibliography

• Kruschel, Karsten (2007). "Leim für die Venus. Der Science-Fiction-Film in der DDR". In Mamczak, Sascha; Jeschke, Wolfgang (eds.). Das Science Fiction Jahr 2007. Munich: Heyne. pp. 803–888. ISBN 978-3-453-52261-9.

External links

• Chemistry and Love at IMDb