Midsummer Night's Fire | |
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German | Johannisfeuer |
Directed by | Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
Screenplay by | Alf Teichs Kurt Heuser |
Based on | Fires of St. John by Hermann Sudermann |
Produced by | Ernst Günter Techow |
Starring | Anna Dammann Ernst von Klipstein Gertrud Meyen |
Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
Edited by | Alice Ludwig |
Music by | Herbert Windt |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Terra Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
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