Melody of Fate

1950 film
  • Paul Baudisch
  • Adolf Schütz
Produced by
  • Rolf Meyer
  • Helmuth Volmer
Starring
  • Brigitte Horney
  • Viktor de Kowa
  • Mathias Wieman
CinematographyFranz WeihmayrEdited byWalter von BonhorstMusic byWerner Eisbrenner
Production
company
Junge Film-Union Rolf Meyer
Distributed byNeue Filmverleih
Release date
  • 6 October 1950 (1950-10-06)
Running time
88 minutesCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman

Melody of Fate (German: Melodie des Schicksals) is a 1950 West German drama film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Brigitte Horney, Viktor de Kowa and Mathias Wieman.[1] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.

Synopsis

A love triangle develops between the wife of a composer and a celebrated conductor.

Cast

  • Brigitte Horney as Carola
  • Viktor de Kowa as Ewald Bergius
  • Mathias Wieman as Martin Ehrling
  • Fita Benkhoff as Betty Müller
  • Maria Litto as Lill aus der Colombo-Bar
  • Otto Gebühr as Professor Ahrens
  • Franz Schafheitlin as Hugo Müller
  • Friedrich Joloff as Amerikaner in der Colombo-Bar
  • Reinhard Kolldehoff
  • Herbert B. Tenbrook
  • Erich Dunskus
  • Paul Gunther
  • Peter Petersz
  • Ilka Hugo
  • Paul Mederow

References

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
  • Melody of Fate at IMDb


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