''Nina'' is a 1956 West German

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directed by

Rudolf Jugert Rudolf Jugert (1907–1979) was a German film director. Selected filmography * '' Film Without a Title'' (1948) * '' Hallo, Fräulein!'' (1949) * '' A Day Will Come'' (1950) * '' Nights on the Road'' (1952) * '' Illusion in a Minor Key'' (1952) * ...

and starring

Anouk Aimée Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus (born 27 April 1932), known professionally as Anouk Aimée () or Anouk, is a French film actress, who has appeared in 70 films since 1947, having begun her film career at age 14. In her early years, she studi ...

, Karlheinz Böhm and Peter Carsten. The film's sets were designed by the

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. Based on the 1954 novel ''Romeo and Juliet in Vienna'' by

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and Reinhard Federmann, it premiered in

Hannover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

.Goble p.131

Synopsis

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

at the height of the

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, an American journalist falls in love with a secretary working for the

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s, a relationship that ultimately ends in tragedy.

Cast

as Nina Iwanowa * Karlheinz Böhm as Frank Wilson * Peter Carsten as Major Tubaljow *

Werner Hinz Werner Hinz (18 January 1903 – 10 February 1985) was a German film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1935 and 1984. Selected filmography * '' The Old and the Young King'' (1935) - Kronprinz Friedrich ('Fritz') * '' White Slaves'' ( ...

as Oberst Kapulowski *

Carl Wery Carl Sebastian Martin Wery (born Wery de Lemans; 7 August 1897 in Trostberg, Upper Bavaria – 14 March 1975 in Munich) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' No Day Without You'' (1933) * '' Anna and Elizabeth'' (1933) - Annas Vate ...

as Hofrat Lorenz *

Annie Rosar Annie Rosar (May 17, 1888 – August 5, 1963) was an Austrian stage and film actress who is best remembered today for her appearances in many Austrian comedy films from the 1930s to the early 1960s. In those movies, she was frequently cast in the ...

as Therese *

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as Französischer Kulturreferent * Franz Heigl as Ober bei Schmiedl * Karin Himboldt as Mabel *

Günther Jerschke Günther Jerschke (1921–1997) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Pour le Mérite'' (1938) - Adjutant des Kommandeurs der Flieger * '' Maya of the Seven Veils'' (1951) * ''Kommen Sie am Ersten'' (1951) - Inspizient * ''Under the Tho ...

as Leutnant Sergejeff * Marina Ried as Frau Sergejeff * Hilde Schreiber as Sekretärin bei Frank *

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as Eddy Cunningham * Wilhelm Walter as Der Tierarzt

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1956 films 1956 drama films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Rudolf Jugert Bavaria Film films West German films Films set in Vienna Cold War films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub