The Eternal Mask (German: Die ewige Maske) is a 1935 Austrian-Swiss drama film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Peter Petersen, Mathias Wieman and Franz Schafheitlin. The film was amongst the best ten foreign films of the year judged by the 1937 American National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. It also ran in competition at the 3rd Venice International Film Festival.
| The Eternal Mask | |
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| Directed by | Werner Hochbaum |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Oskar Schnirch |
| Edited by | Else Baum |
| Music by | Anton Profes |
Production company | Progress Film |
| Distributed by | Arthur Mayer & Joseph Burstyn (US) |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
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| Language | German |
Cast
edit- Peter Petersen as Professor Tscherko
- Mathias Wieman as Dr. Dumartin
- Franz Schafheitlin as Monsieur Negar
- Tom Kraa as Dr. Wendt
- Thekla Ahrens as Sister Anna
- Olga Chekhova as Madame Negar
- Karl Skraup as Le gardien
Bibliography
edit- Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa story: a history of Germany's greatest film company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
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