Between Night and Dawn
{{Short description|1931 film}}
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{{Infobox film
|name = Between Night and Dawn
|image = Between Night and Dawn.jpg
|caption = Theatrical film poster
|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Zwischen Nacht und Morgen}}
|director = Gerhard Lamprecht
|producer = August Mueller
|based_on = {{based on|Dirnentragödie (play)|Wilhem Braun}}
|writer = Herbert Juttke
|starring = {{ubl|Aud Egede-Nissen|Oskar Homolka|Eduard von Winterstein}}
|music = Giuseppe Becce
|cinematography = Karl Hasselmann
|studio = Biograph-Film
|distributor = Biograph-Film
|released = {{Film date|1931|8|11|df=yes}}
|runtime = 79 minutes
|country = Germany
|language = German
}}
Between Night and Dawn ({{langx|de|Zwischen Nacht und Morgen}}) is a 1931 German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Aud Egede-Nissen, Oskar Homolka, and Eduard von Winterstein.{{cite book|last=Noack|first=Frank|title=Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|series=Screen Classics|year=2016|orig-year=2000|location=Lexington, KY|page=200|doi=10.5810/kentucky/9780813167008.001.0001|isbn=978-0813167008|jstor=j.ctt19wccz5|oclc=940502002}} The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Moldenhauer. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film Tragedy of the Street starring Asta Nielsen. It was originally intended that she should reprise her role for the sound remake, but ultimately Norwegian actress Aud Egede-Nissen was cast in the role. The film premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin.
Cast
- Aud Egede-Nissen as Emma, the prostitute
- Oskar Homolka as Anton, her pimp
- Dorit Ina as Clarissa, the chanson singer
- Rolf von Goth as Paul, young man
- Eduard von Winterstein as father
- Olga Limburg as mother
- Bernhard Goetzke as Louis, pimp
- Gerhard Dammann as Ede, a crook
- Maria Forescu as Anita
- Hilde Schevior as Fritzi
- Ilse Baerwald as Lissi
- Rudolf Biebrach as the host of the Bimbam
- Ernst Behmer as the fur trader
- Eugen Rex as Der Wurstmaxe
- Edit Angold as female concierge
See also
- Tragedy of the Street (1927)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0022597}}
{{Gerhard Lamprecht}}
Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:Films directed by Gerhard Lamprecht
Category:German films based on plays
Category:Films about prostitution in Germany
Category:Remakes of German films
Category:Sound film remakes of silent films
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:1930s German-language films
Category:Films scored by Giuseppe Becce
Category:German-language drama films
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