Under the Thousand Lanterns
{{Short description|1952 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Under the Thousand Lanterns
| image = Under the Thousand Lanterns.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Erich Engel
| producer = {{ubl|Walter Koppel|Gyula Trebitsch}}
| writer = {{ubl|Erich Engel|Robert Gilbert (novel)|Robert A. Stemmle}}
| starring = {{ubl|Michel Auclair|Gisela Trowe|Hanna Rucker}}
| music = Michael Jary
| cinematography = Ekkehard Kyrath
| editing = Klaus Dudenhöfer
| studio = Real Film
| distributor = Allianz Filmverleih
| released = {{film date|1952|4|10|df=y}}
| runtime = 94 minutes
| country = {{ubl|France|West Germany}}
| language = German
}}
Under the Thousand Lanterns ({{langx|de|Unter den tausend Laternen}}) is a 1952 French-West German crime film directed by Erich Engel and starring Michel Auclair, Gisela Trowe, and Hanna Rucker.{{sfn|Parish|Canham|p=103}} It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3960/year/1952.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Unter den tausend Laternen |access-date=2009-01-18|work=festival-cannes.com}} It was made by Real Film at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff.
Synopsis
Singer Elisa visits the house of the composer of the new revue she is to star in, only to find his dead body. Suspicions fall on several of the murdered man's colleagues including French musician Michel Dumas, whose compositions the deceased had been passing off his as his own, as well as on Elisa herself.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Michel Auclair as Michel Dumas
- Gisela Trowe as Betty
- Hanna Rucker as Elisa
- Inge Meysel as Auguste
- René Deltgen as Kommissar Dr. Hennings
- Willy Maertens as Mahnke, Gerichtsvollzieher
- Ernst Schröder as Braun
- Carl-Heinz Schroth as Lüders, Theaterdirektor
- Joseph Offenbach as Taxichauffeur
- Carl Voscherau as Protokollführer
- Katharina Brauren as Lissy, Garderobiere
}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Parish|Canham}} | first1 = James Robert | last1 = Parish | author-link1 = James Robert Parish | first2 = Kingsley | last2 = Canham | title = Film Directors Guide: Western Europe | publisher = Scarecrow Press | year = 1976 | location = Metuchen, NJ | isbn = 978-0-8108-0908-6 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0136549|title=Under the Thousand Lanterns}}
{{Erich Engel}}
Category:1950s German-language films
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Erich Engel
Category:Films shot in Hamburg
Category:Films shot at Wandsbek Studios
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Michael Jary
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