Search for Majora

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Search for Majora
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Directed by Hermann Pfeiffer
Written by Theo Rausch
Produced by Franz Vogel
Starring
Cinematography Bruno Timm
Edited byAlexandra Anatra
Music by Werner Bochmann
Production
company
Euphono-Film
Distributed byPanorama-Film
Release date
  • 2 September 1949 (1949-09-02)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryWest Germany
Language German

Search for Majora (German : Gesucht wird Majora) is a 1949 West German crime film directed by Hermann Pfeiffer and starring Lotte Koch, Hermann Speelmans and Camilla Horn. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Bütow.

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  1. Davidson & Hake p. 60

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