Vor Sonnenuntergang (1956)
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The enduring popularity of German film star Hans Albers helped to make Vor Sonnenuntergang a success. Based on a play by Gerhardt Hauptmann, the film details a bittersweet May-December romance between ageing Mathias Clausen (Albers) and young, beautiful Inken Peters (Annemarie Dueringer). Though there were a few American observers who felt uncomfortable during the romantic scenes, German audiences ate them up like strudel. In his later performances, Hans Alber was inclined to hamminess, and this film is no exception; still, he is quite convincing in the film's more dramatic passages. Released in English-speaking countries as Before Sundown, Von Sonnenuntergang was the sole German entry at the 1956 Berlin Film Festival. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Hans Albers, Martin Held, (more)
- Director(s):
- Gottfried Reinhardt
Synopsis of Vor Sonnenuntergang
The enduring popularity of German film star Hans Albers helped to make Vor Sonnenuntergang a success. Based on a play by Gerhardt Hauptmann, the film details a bittersweet May-December romance between ageing Mathias Clausen (Albers) and young, beautiful Inken Peters (Annemarie Dueringer). Though there were a few American observers who felt uncomfortable during the romantic scenes, German audiences ate them up like strudel. In his later performances, Hans Alber was inclined to hamminess, and this film is no exception; still, he is quite convincing in the film's more dramatic passages. Released in English-speaking countries as Before Sundown, Von Sonnenuntergang was the sole German entry at the 1956 Berlin Film Festival. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Vor Sonnenuntergang
- Hans Albers - Mathias Clausen
- Hannelore Schroth - Ottilie Klamroth
- Maria Becker - Bettina Clausen
- Inge Langen - Paula Clausen
- Hans Nielsen - Dr. Steynity
- Annemarie Düringer - Inken Peters
- Martin Held - Erich Klamroth
- Claus Biederstadt - Egert Clausen
- Erich Schellow - Wolfgang Clausen
- Wolfgang Preiss - Dr. Hahnefield
- Johanna Hofer - Frau Peters
- Director(s):
- Gottfried Reinhardt
- Writer(s):
- Jochen Huth
- Producer(s):
- Arthur Brauner
- 1956 - Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear
- 1956 - Golden Globe - Best Foreign Film
- 1956 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Foreign Film
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