''Cordula'' is a 1950 Austrian

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directed by

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and starring Paula Wessely, Attila Hörbiger and Jane Tilden.Fritsche, Maria. ''Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity''.

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, 2013. p. 238. It is based on a 1925 poem by Anton Wildgans about a woman in a small town who falls pregnant to a local

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serving in the Austrian Army during the

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. The film was the made by Wessely's

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production company, and was the sixth time she had appeared in a film directed by Usicky. It was partly shot on location in the vicinity of Vorau in

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, using locals as extras. Interiors were shot at the Sievering Studios in

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with sets designed by the

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Otto Niedermoser.

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* 1950 drama films Austrian drama films Films directed by Gustav Ucicky Films set on the Austro-Hungarian home front during World War I Films based on poems Films shot at Sievering Studios Austrian black-and-white films 1950s German-language films {{1950s-Austria-film-stub