Overview
Based on a play by Gerhardt Hauptmann, the film details a bittersweet May-December romance between ageing Mathias Clausen and young, beautiful Inken Peters.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Werner Eisbrenner
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Kurt Hasse
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Jochen HuthWriter
- Original title
- Vor Sonnenuntergang
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 6, 1956
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
Production
Cast
Hans AlbersGeneraldirektor Mathias Clausen
Annemarie DüringerInken Peters
Martin HeldErich Klamroth
Hannelore SchrothOttilie Klamroth, geb. Clausen
Claus BiederstaedtEgbert Clausen
Maria BeckerBettina Clausen
Erich SchellowWolfgang Clausen
Inge LangenPaula Clausen, geb. Rübsamen
Wolfgang PreissDr. Hahnefeld, Syndikus der Clausen-Werke
Hans NielsenDr. Steynitz, Sanitätsrat
Johanna HoferFrau Peters, Inkens Mutter
Kurt VespermannWuttke, Fahrer bei Clausen- Reginald PaschDiener
- Franz WeberGärtner
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