''Dorothea Angermann'' is a 1959 West German drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring

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, Bert Sotlar and

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.Alpi p.357 It was adapted from the play by Gerhart Hauptmann. The film's sets were designed by the

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Plot

Dorothea Angermann, the daughter of a clergyman, is accused of the murder of her husband, a brutal man that she was obliged to marry because she was pregnant and he was the father of the baby.

Cast

as Dorothea Angermann * Bert Sotlar as Michael Sever *

as Pastor Angermann * Kurt Meisel as Mario Malloneck * Edith Schultze-Westrum as Frau Lüders *

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as Weiss * Monika John as Rosa * Ursula Herwig as Irene *

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as Gerichtsvorsitzender *

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as Defense lawyer * Heliane Bei as Wally *

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as Irmgard *

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as Prosecutor * Walter Sedlmayr as Willi * Karl Lieffen

References

Bibliography

* Alpi, Deborah Lazaroff. ''Robert Siodmak: A Biography''. McFarland, 1998.

External links

1959 films West German films German drama films 1959 drama films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Robert Siodmak German films based on plays Films based on works by Gerhart Hauptmann Gloria Film films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub