New Year's Eve on Alexanderplatz

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New Year's Eve on Alexanderplatz
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Directed by Richard Schneider-Edenkoben
Written byRichard Schneider-Edenkoben
Produced by Helmut Schreiber
Franz Tappers
Starring Hannes Stelzer
Carl Raddatz
Jutta Freybe
Cinematography Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by Kurt Hampp
Music by Ernst Erich Buder
Production
company
Majestic Film
Distributed by Tobis Film
Release date
  • 3 March 1939 (1939-03-03)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryGermany
Language German

New Year's Eve on Alexanderplatz (German: Silvesternacht am Alexanderplatz) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Richard Schneider-Edenkoben and starring Hannes Stelzer, Carl Raddatz and Jutta Freybe. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Fritz Lück. [1]

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Synopsis

Amidst the joyous New Year's Eve celebrations on Alexanderplatz, a man named Reinhardt feels suicidal. However, as he observes the various dramas of those he encounters that evening he develops a better appreciation of life.

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References

  1. Klaus p.171

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