Last Love (1935 film)

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Last Love
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Austrian film poster
German Letzte Liebe
Directed by Fritz Schulz
Written by
Produced byRudi Löwenthal
Erich Morawsky
Starring
Cinematography Willy Goldberger
Edited by Paul Falkenberg
Music by Franz Salmhofer
Richard Tauber
Production
company
Wiener Film KG Morawsky & Company
Distributed byKiba Kinobetriebsanstalt
Release date
  • 28 February 1935 (1935-02-28)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

Last Love (German: Letzte Liebe) is a 1935 Austrian drama film directed by Fritz Schulz and starring Albert Bassermann, Michiko Tanaka and Elsa Bassermann. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by the art directors Artur Berger, Alfred Kunz and Emil Stepanek. It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna.

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Reception

Writing for The Spectator in 1935, Graham Greene reviewed the film favorably, describing it as having "a pleasant unpretentious air of truth about it", and suggesting to readers that "once accept the romantic plot and the rest is genuine: a creative career from a professional angle". Green praised the acting of Albert Bassermann and the "charming voice" of Michiko Meini. [2]

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References

  1. von Dassanowsky, Robert (2005). Austrian Cinema: A History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 62. ISBN   0786420782.
  2. Greene, Graham (15 November 1935). "Last Love/Moscow Nights/Oil for the Lamps of China". The Spectator . (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome . Oxford University Press. p.  35. ISBN   0192812866.)