Nora (1944 film)

Nora
Directed by	Harald Braun
Written by	Henrik Ibsen (play) Jacob Geis Harald Braun
Produced by	Fritz Thiery
Starring	Luise Ullrich Viktor Staal Franziska Kinz
Cinematography	Franz Weihmayr
Edited by	Walter Wischniewsky
Music by	Mark Lothar
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	Deutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date	14 February 1944 (1944-02-14)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Nora is a 1944 German drama film directed by Harald Braun and starring Luise Ullrich, Viktor Staal and Franziska Kinz. The film is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House. The film uses Ibsen's alternate ending where the unhappy couple are reconciled at the end.^[1] Location shooting took place around Park Glienicke in Berlin and along the North Sea coast, particularly around Husum. The sets were designed by art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.

Cast

• Luise Ullrich as Nora Helmer
• Viktor Staal as Dr. Robert Helmer
• Franziska Kinz as Helene Helmer
• Gustav Diessl as Dr. Rank
• Carl Kuhlmann as John Brack
• Ursula Herking as Alvine Tönnesen
• Eberhard Leithoff as Fritz Tönnesen
• Albert Florath as Diener im Elternhause Noras
• Karl Günther as Landrat von Schwartze
• Ernst Waldow as Bürgermeister Krüger
• Sonja Kuska as Frau Krüger
• Erwin Biegel as Sanitätsrat Roselius
• Bruno Hübner as Labsaal, Faktotum bei Brack
• Maria Litto as Fanny, Dienstmädchen
• Karl Hellmer as Kruse, Bankdiener
• Clemens Hasse as Sekretär Dr. Helmers
• Georg H. Schnell as Bankpräsident
• Fanny Cotta as Frau von Schwartze
• Irene Fischer
• Walter Pentzlin
• Harald Sawade
• Georg Thomalla

References

1. Hull p. 252

Bibliography

• Hull, David Stewart. Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933–1945. University of California Press, 1969.

External links

• Nora at IMDb