Passion (1940 film)

1940 film

Passion

Directed by| Walter Janssen
Written by|

* Otto Ernst Hesse
* Reinhard Köster

Produced by| Rolf Randolf
Starring|

* Olga Chekhova
* Hans Stüwe
* Paul Otto

Cinematography| Karl Puth
Edited by| Lothar Buhle
Music by| Carl Emil Fuchs

Production
company

Terra Film

Distributed by| Terra Film

Release date

* 20 February 1940 (1940-02-20)

Running time

| 81 minutes
Country| Germany
Language| German

Passion (German: Leidenschaft) is a 1940 German drama film directed by Walter Janssen and starring Olga Chekhova, Hans Stüwe and Paul Otto.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Gabriel Pellon and Heinrich Richter. It was partly shot on location in Tyrol.

## Cast

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* Olga Chekhova as Gerda
* Hans Stüwe as Hans Strobel
* Paul Otto as Graf Hubert
* Hilde Körber as Leni
* Traudl Stark as Angelika
* Fritz Rasp as Boddin
* Hubert von Meyerinck as Graf Christian
* Otto Gebühr as Dr. Myrbach
* Hans Junkermann as Dr. Hermann
* Ilse Abel
* Lina Carstens
* Will Dugal
* Karl Etlinger
* Hilde Larsen
* Paul Mederow
* Hellmuth Passarge
* Paul Rehkopf
* Georg H. Schnell
* F.W. Schröder-Schrom
* Bruno Ziener

## References

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1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 150

## Bibliography

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* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

## External links

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* Passion at IMDb

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