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The Impostor (1944 German film)

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The Impostor
Directed byKarl Anton
Written byHarald G. Petersson
Produced byRobert Wüllner
Karl Anton
StarringSybille Schmitz
Karl Ludwig Diehl
Will Dohm
CinematographyEduard Hoesch
Edited byJohanna Meisel
Music byFranz Doelle
Production
company
Distributed byDeutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date
  • 7 January 1944 (1944-01-07)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Impostor (German: Die Hochstaplerin) is a 1944 German comedy film directed by Karl Anton and starring Sybille Schmitz, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Will Dohm.[1] [2] It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. Dietrich.

Synopsis

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Attractive Thea runs up large debts at the casino which she is unable to pay. She is instead recruited by the management to play the role of a seductive countess and lure customers to the casino to gamble.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Klaus p.59
  2. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.426

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1944. Klaus-Archiv, 2006.
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