The Dark Star (1955 film)

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The Dark Star
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Directed by Hermann Kugelstadt
Written by
  • Hermann Kugelstadt
  • Maria von der Osten-Sacken
Produced by Maria von der Osten-Sacken
Starring
Cinematography Günther Grimm
Edited by Luise Dreyer-Sachsenberg
Music by Bernhard Eichhorn
Production
company
Wega-Film
Distributed byStudio-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 15 May 1955 (1955-05-15)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Dark Star (German : Der dunkle Stern) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Hermann Kugelstadt and starring Elfie Fiegert, Ilse Steppat and Viktor Staal. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Beisenherz.

It has never been screened on television in Germany. [2]

Cast

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References

  1. Bergfelder p.135
  2. Mazón, Patricia M.; Mazon, Patricia; Steingröver, Reinhild; Steingrover, Reinhild (2005). Not So Plain as Black and White: Afro-German Culture and History, 1890-2000. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN   978-1-58046-183-2.

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