''A Woman Branded'' or ''Dangers of Love'' (German: ''Gefahren der Liebe'') is a 1931 German

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directed by Eugen Thiele and starring Toni van Eyck, Elsa Bassermann and

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. It was shot at the Terra Studios in

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.Klaus p.93 The film's sets were designed by the

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Heinrich Richter.

Synopsis

After a young woman is raped, she finds herself suffering from

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. She takes revenge on the perpetrator by shooting him, before being forced to defend her actions in court.

Cast

* Toni van Eyck as Ilse Thorn * Elsa Bassermann as Frau Thorn, Ilses Mutter *

as Dr. Kurt Rehmann - Ilses Verlobter * Albert Bassermann as Dr. Ringius, defense lawyer * Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Verwalter Bodde *

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as Dr. Wendel *

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as Ein Student * Karl Klebusch as Geheimrat Rehmann * S.O. Schoening as Professor Lehr * Karl Junge-Swinburne as Vorsitzender des Schwurgerichts * Kurt Ehrle as Prosecutor * Ingolf Kuntze as Dr. Markow, prakt. Arzt * Rudolf Weinmann as Professor Winterfeldt * Ernst Hofmann as Assistenzarzt * Gustav Püttjer as Gefängniswärter * Charlotte Ziegler as Ilse Thorns Freundin

References

Bibliography

* Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1931''. Klaus-Archiv, 2006. * Noack, Frank. ''Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker''. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.

External links

* 1931 films 1931 drama films German drama films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s German-language films Films directed by Eugen Thiele Films about sexually transmitted diseases Courtroom films German films about revenge German black-and-white films Rape and revenge films 1930s German films Films shot at Terra Studios Films scored by Leo Leux {{1930s-Germany-film-stub