Artists' Blood

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Artists' Blood
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Directed by Wolfgang Wehrum
Written by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byWolfgang Wehrum
Music by Lotar Olias
Production
companies
  • Komet-Film-Compagnie
  • Ondia-Filmproduktion
Distributed byRing-Film
Release date
  • 26 August 1949 (1949-08-26)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryWest Germany
Language German

Artists' Blood (German : Artistenblut) is a 1949 West German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Wehrum and starring Hans Richter, Dorit Kreysler and Fritz Odemar. [1] It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in mountain resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Carl Ludwig Kirmse.

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Synopsis

A successful clown wants to marry the daughter of a factory owner, but his prospective father-in-law doesn't want a circus performer in the family and insists that he takes a job at the factor. With a heavy heart he agrees, but then discovering a doppelganger her persuades him to take his place. Confusion soon arises between them.

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References

  1. Baer p. 72

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