Southern Nights (film)

1953 film

Southern Nights

Directed by| Robert A. Stemmle
Written by|

* Robert A. Stemmle
* Aldo von Pinelli

Produced by| Heinz-Joachim Ewert
Starring|

* Margit Saad
* Erwin Strahl
* Waltraut Haas

Cinematography| Bruno Mondi
Edited by| Wolfgang Wehrum
Music by| Gerhard Winkler

Production
companies

* Herzog-Filmverleih
* Melodie Film

Distributed by| Herzog-Filmverleih

Release date

* 8 September 1953 (1953-09-08)

Running time

| 97 minutes
Country| West Germany
Language| German

Southern Nights (German: Südliche Nächte) is a 1953 West German musical film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring Margit Saad, Erwin Strahl and Waltraut Haas.[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich with extensive location shooting in Italy. The film's sets were designed by the art director Karl Weber.

## Partial cast

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* Margit Saad as Gina
* Erwin Strahl as Renato
* Waltraut Haas as Eva
* Germaine Damar as Angela
* Walter Giller as Thomas
* Walter Müller as Harry
* Albert Florath as Buschmann
* Wilfried Seyferth as Zaccarella
* René Carol as Singender Gitarrist, Capri-Fischer
* Giovanna Cigoli as Mama Bianca
* Leonard Steckel as Giuseppe
* Alfred Pongratz as Zollbeamter

## References

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1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 158

## Bibliography

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* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

## External links

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* Southern Nights at IMDb

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Films directed by Robert A. Stemmle

* Charley's Aunt (1934)
* Heinz in the Moon (1934)
* Such a Rascal (1934)
* The Abduction of the Sabine Women (1936)
* Dangerous Crossing (1937)
* Daphne and the Diplomat (1937)
* By a Silken Thread (1938)
* The Mystery of Betty Bonn (1938)
* The Big Game (1942)
* The Millionaire (1947)
* The Berliner (1948)
* Abbiamo vinto! (1951)
* The Sinful Border (1951)
* Homesick for You (1952)
* Toxi (1952)
* Southern Nights (1953)
* Emil and the Detectives (1954)
* The Perfect Couple (1954)
* A Heart Full of Music (1955)
* You Can No Longer Remain Silent (1955)
* Die unvollkommene Ehe (1959)

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