Artists' Blood

{{Short description|1949 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Artists' Blood

| image =Artists' Blood.jpg

| caption =

| director = Wolfgang Wehrum

| producer =

| writer = {{ubl|Ellen Fechner|Peter Hamel|Wolfgang Wehrum}}

| starring = {{ubl|Hans Richter|Dorit Kreysler|Fritz Odemar}}

| music = Lotar Olias

| cinematography = {{ubl|Kurt Hasse|Reimar Kuntze}}

| editing = Wolfgang Wehrum

| studio = {{ubl|Komet-Film-Compagnie|Ondia-Filmproduktion}}

| distributor = Ring-Film

| released = {{Film date|1949|08|26|df=yes}}

| runtime = 96 minutes

| country = West Germany

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

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Artists' Blood ({{langx|de|Artistenblut}}) is a 1949 West German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Wehrum and starring Hans Richter, Dorit Kreysler and Fritz Odemar.Baer p. 72 It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in mountain resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Carl Ludwig Kirmse.

Synopsis

A successful clown wants to marry the daughter of a factory owner, but his prospective father-in-law doesn't want a circus performer in the family and insists that he takes a job at the factory. With a heavy heart he agrees, but then discovering a doppelganger he persuades him to take his place. Confusion soon arises between them.

Cast

References

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Bibliography

  • Baer, Hester. Dismantling the Dream Factory: Gender, German Cinema, and the Postwar Quest for a New Film Language. Berghahn Books, 2012.