Why Are You Lying, Elisabeth?

1944 film
  • 4 August 1944 (1944-08-04)
Running time
82 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageGerman

Why Are You Lying, Elisabeth? (German: Warum lügst Du, Elisabeth?) is a 1944 German comedy film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Carola Höhn, Paul Richter and Annie Rosar.[1][2] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in Vienna and Semmering in Austria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carl Ludwig Kirmse.

Cast

  • Carola Höhn as Elisabeth Ponholzer i.e.Lena Rodien
  • Paul Richter as Lex Brandner, Caretaker at Lärchenhof
  • Annie Rosar as Katrin, Cook
  • Hansi Wendler as 'Gaby' Gabriele Benzinger
  • Walter Janssen as Leopold Dirk
  • Gertrud Wolle as Walburga
  • Erika Glässner as Clementine Soest
  • Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Ernst Stadinger
  • Karl Skraup as Amtsvorsteher Stolp
  • Heinz Himmel as Alois Kolbe
  • Wilma Tatzel as Gretl
  • Ernst Reitter as Josef
  • Stefanie Gutenthaler as Liesl

References

  1. ^ Kreimeier p.354
  2. ^ Klaus p.119

Bibliography

  • Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1944. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
  • Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
  • Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
  • Why Are You Lying, Elisabeth? at IMDb
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