Island of the Dead (1955 film)

1955 film

Island of the Dead

Directed by| Viktor Tourjansky
Written by|

* Hans-Ulrich Horster (novel)
* Victor De Fast
* Juliane Kay
* Erich Kröhnke
* Viktor Tourjansky
* Lore Stapenhorst

Produced by| Herbert O. Horn
Starring|

* Willy Birgel
* Inge Egger
* Folke Sundquist

Cinematography| Günther Anders
Edited by| Walter Fredersdorf
Music by| Hans-Otto Borgmann

Production
company

Unicorn Film

Distributed by| Neue Filmverleih

Release date

* 23 August 1955 (1955-08-23)

Running time

| 97 minutes
Country| West Germany
Language| German

Island of the Dead (German: Die Toteninsel) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Willy Birgel, Inge Egger and Folke Sundquist.[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dieter Bartels and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.

## Cast

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* Willy Birgel as Frank
* Inge Egger as Maria
* Folke Sundquist as Stefan
* Charles Regnier as Pater Markus
* Paul Esser as Fritz Kahlmayer
* Karin Hardt as Erna Kahlmayer
* Alexander Kerst as Dr. Henry Gordon
* Jeanette Schultze as Luise Garbusch
* Petra Peters as Gisela
* Robert Meyn as Kapitän
* Joseph Offenbach as Dr. Gabin
* Michael Cramer as von Bargen
* Hilde Körber as Frau Hürti
* Ingrid Stenn as Nicolette
* Karl-Heinz Peters as Konstantin

## References

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1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.43

## Bibliography

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* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

## External links

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* Island of the Dead at IMDb

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Films by Victor Tourjansky

* The Masked Woman (1924)
* That Scoundrel Morin (1924)
* Prince Charming (1925)
* Michel Strogoff (1926)
* Tempest (1928)
* The Adventurer (1928)
* Volga Volga (1928)
* Manolescu (1929)
* The Eaglet (1931)
* The Duke of Reichstadt (1931)
* The Unknown Singer (1931)
* Student's Hotel (1932)
* The Orderly (1933)
* Volga in Flames (1934)
* The Battle (1934)
* Dark Eyes (1935)
* The World's in Love (1935)
* La Peur (1936)
* City of Anatol (1936)
* Wells in Flames (1937)
* The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1937)
* Faded Melody (1938)
* Secret Code LB 17 (1938)
* The Blue Fox (1938)
* The Postmaster's Daughter (1938)
* The Governor (1939)
* A Woman Like You (1939)
* Enemies (1940)
* The Chaste Beloved (1940)
* Illusion (1941)
* Love Stories (1943)
* Tonelli (1943)
* Orient Express (1944)
* Three Times Comedy (1945)
* The Blue Straw Hat (1949)
* The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice (1950)
* Chased by the Devil (1950)
* Marriage for One Night (1953)
* Salto Mortale (1953)
* Arlette Conquers Paris (1953)
* Daybreak (1954)
* Island of the Dead (1955)
* The Royal Waltz (1955)
* The Goddess of Love (1957)
* Heart Without Mercy (1958)
* Herod the Great (1959)
* Prisoner of the Volga (1959)
* The Cossacks (1960)
* The Pharaohs' Woman (1960)
* The Triumph of Michael Strogoff (1961)
* A Queen for Caesar (1962)

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