Melody of Fate

Melody of Fate
Directed by	Hans Schweikart
Written by	Paul Baudisch Adolf Schütz
Produced by	Rolf Meyer Helmuth Volmer
Starring	Brigitte Horney Viktor de Kowa Mathias Wieman
Cinematography	Franz Weihmayr
Edited by	Walter von Bonhorst
Music by	Werner Eisbrenner
Production company	Junge Film-Union Rolf Meyer
Distributed by	Neue Filmverleih
Release date	6 October 1950 (1950-10-06)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Melody of Fate (German: Melodie des Schicksals) is a 1950 West German drama film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Brigitte Horney, Viktor de Kowa and Mathias Wieman.^[1] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.

Synopsis

A love triangle develops between the wife of a composer and a celebrated conductor.

Cast

• Brigitte Horney as Carola
• Viktor de Kowa as Ewald Bergius
• Mathias Wieman as Martin Ehrling
• Fita Benkhoff as Betty Müller
• Maria Litto as Lill aus der Colombo-Bar
• Otto Gebühr as Professor Ahrens
• Franz Schafheitlin as Hugo Müller
• Friedrich Joloff as Amerikaner in der Colombo-Bar
• Reinhard Kolldehoff
• Herbert B. Tenbrook
• Erich Dunskus
• Paul Gunther
• Peter Petersz
• Ilka Hugo
• Paul Mederow

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder 2009, p. 150.

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

• Melody of Fate at IMDb