Sacred Lie (German: Die heilige Lüge) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Ulla Jacobsson, Karlheinz Böhm and Erwin Strahl.[1] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst Richter and Hans Ledersteger.

Sacred Lie
Directed byWolfgang Liebeneiner
Written by
Starring
CinematographyKurt Schulz
Edited byHermann Leitner
Music byHerbert Trantow
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Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
  • 7 April 1955 (1955-04-07)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

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A young woman from the country comes to work as a maid in a wealthy household. She develops a relationship with the unreliable son of the family who gets her pregnant. He reforms and they marry.

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References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 284

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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