Lady's Choice (film)

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Lady's Choice
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German film poster
Directed by E. W. Emo
Written byHeinz Bruck
Gustav Kampendonk
Produced byWerner Ludwig
Hermann Schwerin  [ ca; de ]
Starring
Cinematography Bruno Timm
Edited by Hermann Leitner
Music by Heino Gaze
Production
company
Fono Film
Distributed by Gloria Film
Release date
  • 21 August 1953 (1953-08-21)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Lady's Choice (German : Damenwahl) is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Georg Thomalla, Grethe Weiser, and Willy Fritsch. [1] The title is a traditional German dancing term for a dance where the female gets to choose their male partners.

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It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rolf Zehetbauer.

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References

  1. Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 518. ISBN   1571816550. JSTOR   j.ctt1x76dm6.