Nora's Ark

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Nora's Ark
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Directed by Werner Klingler
Written by Harald G. Petersson
Produced by Walter Koppel
Starring
Cinematography Eugen Klagemann
Edited by Klaus Dudenhöfer
Music by Willi Kollo
Production
company
Distributed byHerzog-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 6 February 1948 (1948-02-06)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryGermany
Language German

Nora's Ark (German : Arche Nora) is a 1948 German comedy-drama film directed by Werner Klingler that stars Willy Maertens, Claus Hofer and Harry Meyen. [1] It is about a young couple who go to live on a derelict boat because they lack a home. [2]

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It was produced by Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg in the British Zone of Occupation. The film's sets were designed by art director Herbert Kirchhoff.

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References

  1. Davidson & Hake p. 236
  2. Roger Manvell, Heinrich Fraenkel. The German Cinema. New York: Praeger, 1971, 107.

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