Madonna in Chains

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Madonna in Chains
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German Madonna in Ketten
Directed by Gerhard Lamprecht
Written byH. C. Pelman
Theo Rausch
Produced by Franz Vogel
Starring
Cinematography Bruno Timm
Edited byEva Kalthoff
Music by Hans Carste
Production
company
Euphono-Film
Distributed byPanorama-Film
Release date
  • 3 November 1949 (1949-11-03)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Madonna in Chains (German : Madonna in Ketten) is a 1949 West German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Lotte Koch, Karin Hardt and Elisabeth Flickenschildt. [1]

Contents

It was shot in studios in Düsseldorf with location shooting took place in the surrounding region. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Bütow.

Plot

A woman is wrongly accused of a crime that was really committed by her husband and is sent to jail. While in prison she gives birth and the child is put up for adoption. Once fresh evidence frees her from jail, the woman goes searching for her daughter.

Cast

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References

  1. Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 275. ISBN   1571816550. JSTOR   j.ctt1x76dm6.