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Before Sundown

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Before Sundown
Film poster
Directed byGottfried Reinhardt
Written by
Produced byArtur Brauner
StarringHans Albers
Annemarie Düringer
Martin Held
CinematographyKurt Hasse
Edited byKurt Zeunert
Music byWerner Eisbrenner
Production
company
Distributed bySchorcht Filmverleih
Sascha Film (Austria)
Release date
  • 6 July 1956 (1956-07-06)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Before Sundown (German: Vor Sonnenuntergang) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt and starring Hans Albers, Annemarie Düringer and Martin Held. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Golden Bear (Audience award).[1] It was adapted from the play Before Sunset by Gerhart Hauptmann.[2]

It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Vienna and the Swiss resort town St. Moritz. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Peter Röhrig and Rolf Zehetbauer.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "6th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
  2. ^ Goble p.211

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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