Before God and Man
1955 film
- 27 September 1955 (1955-09-27)
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Before God and Man (German: Vor Gott und den Menschen) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Erich Engel and starring Viktor de Kowa, Antje Weisgerber and Hans Söhnker.[1] [2] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.
Synopsis
Shortly after the Second World War, Maria marries fellow lawyer Martin who had been severely wounded in action. She believes that her first husband Georg was killed in action, and married Martin, to some degree, out of pity. Several years later Georg resurfaces alive in Leipzig in East Germany and tries to resume their former relationship, but Maria comes to realise that it is Martin that she truly loves.
Cast
- Viktor de Kowa as Martin
- Antje Weisgerber as Maria
- Hans Söhnker as Georg
- Käthe Braun as Katharina
- Emmy Burg as Anna Mechala
- Werner Peters as Anton Mechala
- Hilde Sessak as Ida Jucharz
- Trude Berliner as Frau Vikarin
- Gerhard Bienert as Wachtmeister
- Maly Delschaft as Dienstmädchen Lina
- Erich Dunskus as Richter
- Hans Hessling as Vogel, Trompeter
- Karl Klüsner as Geistlicher
- Franz-Otto Krüger as Verkehrspolizist
- Klaus Miedel as Staatsanwalt
- Hans Stiebner as Mann beim Barbier
- Elsa Wagner as Schwester Else
References
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Elsaesser, Thomas & Wedel, Michael . The BFI companion to German cinema. British Film Institute, 1999.
External links
- Before God and Man at IMDb
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Films directed by Erich Engel
- Love Is the Power of Women (1924)
- Who Takes Love Seriously? (1931)
- Five from the Jazz Band (1932)
- Inge and the Millions (1933)
- Hard Luck Mary (1934)
- The Secret of Cavelli (1934)
- ... nur ein Komödiant 1935)
- Pygmalion (1935)
- The Night With the Emperor (1936)
- Victoria in Dover (1936)
- A Wedding Dream (1936)
- Dangerous Game (1937)
- The Muzzle (1938)
- A Hopeless Case (1938)
- Hotel Sacher (1939)
- Our Miss Doctor (1940)
- Nanette (1940)
- Much Ado About Nixi (1942)
- Blum Affair (1948)
- Journey to Happiness (1948)
- The Beaver Coat (1949)
- Under the Thousand Lanterns (1952)
- The Merry Vineyard (1952)
- Consul Strotthoff (1954)
- The Man of My Life (1954)
- Before God and Man (1955)
- Love Without Illusions (1955)
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