Life Begins at Seventeen

Life Begins at Seventeen
Directed by	Paul Martin
Written by	Gerda Corbett Paul Martin Gábor Vaszary (novel)
Produced by	Walter Koppel
Starring	Sonja Ziemann Paul Hubschmid Paul Hörbiger
Cinematography	Albert Benitz
Edited by	Martha Dübber
Music by	Wolfgang Zeller
Production company	Apollo-Film
Distributed by	Deutsche London-Film
Release date	12 November 1953 (1953-11-12)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Life Begins at Seventeen (German: Mit siebzehn beginnt das Leben) is a 1953 West German romance film directed by Paul Martin and starring Sonja Ziemann, Paul Hubschmid and Paul Hörbiger.^[1] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilhelm Vorwerg.

Cast

• Sonja Ziemann as Madeleine Desughes
• Anne-Marie Blanc as Aline Deshuges
• Paul Hubschmid as Raymond Montandon, Kunstmaler
• Paul Hartmann as Professor Lenoire
• Loni Heuser as Clarisse Peronne
• Paul Hörbiger as Jacques Peronne
• Margarete Haagen as Adelheid
• Heinrich Gretler as Pfarrer
• Marina Ried as Sylvia
• Hilde Körber as Lehrerin
• Stanislav Ledinek as Küster
• Ruth Fischer as Pariser Freundin
• Heinz Lausch as Henry

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p.553

Bibliography

• Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• Life Begins at Seventeen at IMDb