The False Step
| The False Step | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gustaf Gründgens |
| Produced by | Gustaf Gründgens |
| Written by |
Theodor Fontane (novel) Georg C. Klaren Eckart von Naso |
| Starring |
Marianne Hoppe Karl Ludwig Diehl Paul Hartmann Max Gülstorff |
| Music by | Mark Lothar |
| Cinematography | Ewald Daub |
| Edited by | Johanna Schmidt |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Terra Film |
Release dates | 9 February 1939 |
Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Language | German |
The False Step or The Step from the Path (German:Der Schritt vom Wege) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Gustaf Gründgens and starring Marianne Hoppe, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Paul Hartmann.[1] It is an adaptation of Theodor Fontane's 1896 novel Effi Briest.
Cast
- Marianne Hoppe as Effi Briest
- Karl Ludwig Diehl as Baron von Instetten
- Paul Hartmann as Major a.D. von Crampas
- Max Gülstorff as Dr. Alonzo Gieshübler
- Paul Bildt as Herr von Briest
- Käthe Haack as Luise von Briest
- Hans Leibelt as Ministerialrat Wüllersdorf
- Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Marietta Tripelli
- Gisela von Collande as Afra
- Renée Stobrawa as Roswitha
- Erich Dunskus as Kruse
- Flora Berthold as Hulda
- Ursula Voß as Herta
- Ursula Friese as Berta
- Margarete Schön as Frau von Padden
- Jac Diehl as Gast beim Fest
- Alfred Karen as Gast bei Tripellis Gesangsvortrag
- Alexander Kökert as Besucher beim Landrat
- Bert Schmidt-Moris as Page im Kurhotel
- Tina Schneider as Doddy Grützmacher
- Babsi Schultz-Reckewell as Annie Briest
- Maria Seidler as Frau Konsul Grützmacher
References
- ↑ Hake p.142
Bibliography
- Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.