1953 film
The Blue Hour Directed by Veit Harlan Written by Veit Harlan Starring Cinematography Werner Krien Edited by Walter Boos Music by Franz Grothe Production
Komet-Film
Distributed by Panorama-Film Release date
5 March 1953 (1953-03-05 ) Running time
100 minutes Country West Germany Language German
The Blue Hour German : Die blaue Stunde comedy film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Kristina Söderbaum , Hans Nielsen and Kurt Kreuger . Production began on the film in October 1952. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios and on location on the island of Capri .[ 1] art director Walter Haag . Because of public protests against his wartime role as a Nazi filmmaker, Harlan considered turning over the project to his colleague Geza von Bolvary but eventually decided to direct it himself.[ 2]
It was the third film of a post-war comeback for the husband and wife team Harlan and Söderbaum, but was much less commercially successful than the two previous films, the melodramas Immortal Beloved Hanna Amon [ 3]
Cast
References
^ Noack p.307
^ Noack p.307
^ Noack p.308
Bibliography
Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker . University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
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