Nora's Ark

1948 film
  • Willy Maertens
  • Claus Hofer
  • Harry Meyen
CinematographyEugen KlagemannEdited byKlaus DudenhöferMusic byWilli Kollo
Production
company
Real Film
Distributed byHerzog-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 6 February 1948 (1948-02-06)
Running time
82 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageGerman

Nora's Ark (German: Arche Nora) is a 1948 German comedy-drama film directed by Werner Klingler that stars Willy Maertens, Claus Hofer and Harry Meyen.[1] It is about a young couple who go to live on a derelict boat because they lack a home.[2]

It was produced by Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg in the British Zone of Occupation. The film's sets were designed by art director Herbert Kirchhoff.

Cast

  • Willy Maertens as Willi Lüdecke
  • Claus Hofer as Klaus Schriewer
  • Harry Meyen as Peter Stoll
  • Edith Schneider as Nora Wendler
  • Peter Schütte as Jochen Wendler
  • Johannes Billiam as Monteur
  • Hans Billian
  • Karl Kramer as Besitzer des Autofriedhofes
  • Lieselotte Lütje as Sekretärin
  • Marga Maasberg as Frau Jansen
  • Kurt Meister as Radtke
  • Ludwig Röger as Ein dicker Mann
  • Sylvia Schwarz as Kind
  • Willi Schweisguth as Arzt

References

  1. ^ Davidson & Hake p. 236
  2. ^ Roger Manvell, Heinrich Fraenkel. The German Cinema. New York: Praeger, 1971, 107.

Bibliography

  • Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.
  • Nora's Ark at IMDb


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