The Lie (1950 film)

1950 film

The Lie

Directed by| Gustav Fröhlich
Written by|

* Gustav Fröhlich
* Martha-Maria Gehrke (novel)
* Hans Schweikart (novel)

Produced by| Rolf Meyer
Starring|

* Otto Gebühr
* Sybille Schmitz
* Cornell Borchers

Cinematography| Hans Schneeberger
Edited by| Martha Dübber
Music by| Wolfgang Zeller

Production
company

Junge Film-Union Rolf Meyer

Distributed by| National-Film

Release date

* 11 August 1950 (1950-08-11)

Running time

| 84 minutes
Country| West Germany
Language| German

The Lie (German: Die Lüge) is a 1950 West German crime film directed by Gustav Fröhlich and starring Otto Gebühr, Sybille Schmitz and Cornell Borchers.[1] It was shot at the Bendestorf  Studios. Location shooting took place around Hamburg and Westerland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.

## Cast

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* Otto Gebühr as Professor Dr. Ernst A. Gruber
* Sybille Schmitz as Susanne, seine Tochter
* Cornell Borchers as Ellen, seine Tochter
* Ewald Balser as Dr. Thomas Robertsen, Susannes Mann
* Will Quadflieg as Harry Altenberger
* Hans Leibelt as Martin Altenberger, Bankier, Harrys Vater
* Ilse Bally
* Marianne Wischmann
* Walter Franck
* Rolf Möbius
* Hans Paetsch
* Wolfgang Reimers
* Walter Ladengast
* Walter Gebühr

## References

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1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 139

## Bibliography

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* Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

## External links

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* The Lie at IMDb

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