Sacred Lie

Sacred Lie
Directed byWolfgang Liebeneiner
Written by
Starring
CinematographyKurt Schulz
Edited byHermann Leitner
Music byHerbert Trantow
Production
company
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
  • 7 April 1955 (1955-04-07)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Sacred Lie (German: Die heilige Lüge) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Ulla Jacobsson, Karlheinz Böhm and Erwin Strahl.[1] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst Richter and Hans Ledersteger.

Synopsis

A young woman from the country comes to work as a maid in a wealthy household. She develops a relationship with the unreliable son of the family who gets her pregnant. He reforms and they marry.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 284

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.