Devil in Silk
{{Short description|1956 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Devil in Silk
| image =Devil in Silk.jpg
| caption =
| director = Rolf Hansen
| writer = {{ubl|{{ill|Jochen Huth|de||fr}}|Alf Teichs}}
| based_on = {{based on|Der Teufel nebenan (novel)|Gina Kaus}}
| producer = {{ubl|Heinz Abel|Artur Brauner|Alf Teichs}}
| starring = {{ubl|Lilli Palmer|Curd Jürgens|Winnie Markus}}
| narrator =
| cinematography = Franz Weihmayr
| editing = {{ill|Anna Höllering|de}}
| music = Mark Lothar
| studio = Fono Film
| distributor = Deutsche Film Hansa
| released = {{film date|1956|1|5|df=y}}
| runtime = 106 minutes
| country = West Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Devil in Silk ({{langx|de|Teufel in Seide}}) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Lilli Palmer, Curd Jürgens, and Winnie Markus.{{sfn|Bock|Bergfelder|p=356}} After leaving his overbearing wife for another woman, a composer is suspected of her murder when she is found dead.
It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place at Kampen on the island of Sylt in Schleswig-Holstein. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and {{ill|Arno Richter|de||fr}} and {{ill|Peter Röhrig|de}}.
Plot
On a train journey, penniless composer Thomas meets rich publisher Melanie. The two get married and Melanie gets Thomas a lucrative job in her publishing house. However, Melanie turns out to be a jealous control freak and Thomas is unhappy in their marriage. When he begins an affair with his secretary and demands a divorce from Melanie, she commits suicide and makes it appear as if he killed her.{{Citation |last=Hansen |first=Rolf |title=Teufel in Seide |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049840/ |type=Drama |publisher=Bayerische Film- und Fernsehförderung, CCC Filmkunst, Fono Film |access-date=2022-05-02}}
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Lilli Palmer as Melanie
- Curd Jürgens as Thomas Ritter
- Winnie Markus as Sabine
- Adelheid Seeck as Sylvia Angermann
- Hans Nielsen as Dr. Zacharias
- Wolfgang Büttner as Dr. Hess
- Hilde Körber as Sophie
- Paul Bildt as Dr. Heinsheimer
- Helmuth Rudolph as Georg Angermann
- Robert Meyn as Untersuchungsrichter
- Otto Graf as Gerichtsvorsitzender
- {{ill|Wolf Martini|de}} as Prosecutor
- Else Ehser as Frau Schwarz
- {{ill|Paul Bösiger|de}} as Peter Dornberg
}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Bock|Bergfelder}} | editor-first1 = Hans-Michael | editor-last1 = Bock | editor-link1 = Hans-Michael Bock | editor-first2 = Tim | editor-last2 = Bergfelder | title = The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2009 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1-57181-655-9 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0049840}}
Category:1950s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Rolf Hansen
Category:Films about composers
Category:Films based on Austrian novels
Category:Films shot at Spandau Studios
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Mark Lothar
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