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''Mysterious Shadows'' () is a 1949 Austrian
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
G. W. Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst (25 August 1885 – 29 May 1967) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He started as an actor and theater director, before becoming one of the most influential German-language filmmakers during the Weimar Republic. ...
and starring
Paul Hubschmid Paul Hubschmid (; 20 July 1917 – 1 January 2002) was a Switzerland, Swiss actor. He was most notable for his role as Pygmalion (play), Henry Higgins in the German stage production of ''My Fair Lady''. In his Hollywood films he was billed as Pa ...
,
Ilse Werner Ilse Werner (; born Ilse Charlotte Still, 11 July 1921 – 8 August 2005) was a Dutch-German actress, singer, and musical whistler. Life She was born in Batavia (present-day Jakarta, Indonesia) to a Dutch father, merchant and plantation owne ...
, and
Elfe Gerhart Elfe Gerhart (1919–2007) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Fritsche p.232 She was married to the actor Paul Dahlke, and is sometimes known as Elfe Gerhart-Dahlke. Selected filmography * '' Finale'' (1938) * '' Konzert in Tirol'' (1938) ...
.Rentschler p.284 It was shown at the
Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...
. It was shot at the
Rosenhügel Studios The Rosenhügel Studios are film studios located in the Austrian capital Vienna. They were opened in 1923 and originally owned by the Vita-Film production company. After the company's bankruptcy the following year the studios were taken over by ...
in
Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
and at the
Hoher Dachstein Hoher Dachstein () is a strongly karstic mountain in central Austria and the second-highest mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps. It is situated at the border of Upper Austria and Styria, and is the highest point in each of those states. Pa ...
ice caves. The film's sets were designed by the
art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Isabella Schlichting Isabella may refer to: People and fictional characters * Isabella (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Isabella (surname), including a list of people Places United States * Isabella, Alabama, an unincorpor ...
and
Werner Schlichting Werner Schlichting (1904–1996) was a German art director who worked on over a hundred films during a lengthy career. He worked on a number of Austrian films including '' The Congress Dances'' and '' The Last Ten Days'' (1955).Fritsche p.253 Sel ...


Cast

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Paul Hubschmid Paul Hubschmid (; 20 July 1917 – 1 January 2002) was a Switzerland, Swiss actor. He was most notable for his role as Pygmalion (play), Henry Higgins in the German stage production of ''My Fair Lady''. In his Hollywood films he was billed as Pa ...
as Dr. Benn Wittich *
Ilse Werner Ilse Werner (; born Ilse Charlotte Still, 11 July 1921 – 8 August 2005) was a Dutch-German actress, singer, and musical whistler. Life She was born in Batavia (present-day Jakarta, Indonesia) to a Dutch father, merchant and plantation owne ...
as Cornelia * Stefan Skodler as Robert Roy *
Elfe Gerhart Elfe Gerhart (1919–2007) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Fritsche p.232 She was married to the actor Paul Dahlke, and is sometimes known as Elfe Gerhart-Dahlke. Selected filmography * '' Finale'' (1938) * '' Konzert in Tirol'' (1938) ...
as Charlotte *
Hermann Thimig Hermann Thimig (3 October 1890 – 7 July 1982) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1916 and 1967. Biography Thimig came from a famous family of actors. His father, Hugo Thimig, was an actor, director and ...
as Heinemann *
Maria Eis Maria Eis (22 February 1896 – 18 December 1954) was an Austrian actress of stage and screen. Between 1918 and 1923, Eis performed on stage at the ''Neue Wiener Bühne'' (New Vienna stage), the ''Renaissancebühne'' (Renaissance stage) and th ...
as Frau Willard * Harry Leyn as Ein Levantiner *
Ulrich Bettac Ulrich Ewald Berthold Bettac (2 May 1897 – 20 April 1959), was an Austrian actor and theatre director. He was especially well known for his work as a character actor at the Burgtheater in Vienna; he also had a fairly extensive film career. S ...
as Kessler, Compagnon Roys *
Otto Schmöle Otto Schmöle (1890–1968) was a German actor. Filmography Bibliography * Kulik, Karol. ''Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles''. Virgin Books, 1990. External links * 1890 births 1968 deaths German male film actors Male act ...
as Präsident Ries * Robert Tessen as Bobby Ries * Helli Servi as Frl. Krümmel *
Ernst Waldbrunn Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (born ...
as Herr Peters * Ida Russka as Frau Peters * Josef Fischer as Sekretär Pfeifer * Josefine Berghofer as Sekretärin Bernhard * Gaby Philipp as Zofe Lizzi * Franz Eichberger as Bergführer Nino


References


Bibliography

* Rentschler, Eric. ''The Films of G.W. Pabst: An Extraterritorial Cinema''. Rutgers University Press, 1990.


External links

* 1949 films 1949 drama films Austrian drama films 1940s German-language films Austrian black-and-white films Films directed by G. W. Pabst Films shot at Rosenhügel Studios Films scored by Alois Melichar German-language drama films {{Austria-film-stub