Friday the Thirteenth (1949 film)

For other uses, see Friday the 13th (disambiguation).

Friday the Thirteenth
Fita Benkhoff and Rudolf Fernau
Directed by	Erich Engels
Written by	Erich Engels (play) Ernst Nebhut  [ de ] Just Scheu  [ de; es; fr ]
Produced by	Eduard Kubat
Starring	Fritz Kampers Angelika Hauff Fita Benkhoff
Cinematography	E. W. Fiedler
Edited by	Charlotte Steidinger
Music by	Ludwig Schmidseder
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Prisma Film (West Germany) Sovexport Film (East Germany)
Release date	9 November 1949 (1949-11-09)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Friday the Thirteenth (German : Freitag, der 13.) is a 1949 West German comedy crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Fritz Kampers, Angelika Hauff, and Fita Benkhoff.

It was made by Terra Film in 1944, but was not released before the end of the Second World War. It received its much delayed premiere in 1949. It was one of several Nazi-era productions that were given releases in the years after the end of the war. ^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Artur Günther. ^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• Fritz Kampers as Rapp, der Schloßherr
• Angelika Hauff as Irene, seine Stieftochter
• Fita Benkhoff as Vilma Reckennagel, die Hausdame
• Rudolf Fernau as Robert, der Diener
• Willi Rose as Oskar, der Chauffeur
• Carsta Löck as Ottilie, die Köchin
• Albert Hehn as Axel Westhaus
• Rolf Weih as Frank Fux
• Heinz Schorlemmer  [ de ] as Thomas Färber
• Ingrid Lutz as Betty, die Zofe
• Heinz Salfner as Haldenwang
• Bruno Hübner as Inspektor Derschugg
• Oskar Höcker  [ de ] as Paul, der Gärtner

See also

• Überläufer

References

1. Rentschler, p. 266.
2. "Portrait of the production designer Artur Günther by Thomas Staedeli". www.cyranos.ch. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
3. "Artur Günther | filmportal.de". www.filmportal.de. Retrieved 6 September 2023.

Bibliography

• Rentschler, Eric (1996). The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife . Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN   978-0-674-57640-7.

External links

• Friday the Thirteenth at IMDb