Immortal Light

Immortal Light
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Directed by	Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Written by	Alexander Lix Vahagen Vartany
Produced by	Vahagen Vartany
Starring	Rudolf Forster Cornell Borchers Volker von Collande
Cinematography	Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited by	Heinz Haber
Music by	Ralph Benatzky Bert Grund
Production company	Badal-Film
Distributed by	Union-Film
Release date	22 March 1951 (1951-03-22)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Immortal Light (‹See Tfd›German: Unvergängliches Licht) is a 1951 West German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Rudolf Forster, Cornell Borchers and Volker von Collande. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi A. Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann.

Synopsis

After a happy upbringing the death of Michèle Printemps's father leaves her in the hands of her cruel mother who tries to sell her into a life of prostitution in Paris. She escapes this life when she meets the young engineer and aspiring racing driver René Garnier. However, after discovering that she has a serious illness, she pushes him away, selflessly wanting him to concentrate on his own career.

Cast

• Rudolf Forster as Graf Kalinsky
• Cornell Borchers as Michèle Printemps
• Volker von Collande as René Garnier
• Hilde Hildebrand as Madame de Latour
• Hans Reiser as Marcel
• Nicolaus Ellin as Kammerdiener Sascha
• Gustav Waldau as Dr. Duval
• Fritz Reiff as Engländer
• Loni Heuser as Diseuse
• Rudolf Reiff as Perrin
• Katharina Mayberg as Perrins Tochter
• Wolfgang Keppler as Cherrier
• Harald Mannl as Bezirksarzt
• Arnulf Schröder as Portier

Bibliography

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

External links

• Immortal Light at IMDb