The Marathon Runner

1933 film

The Marathon Runner

Directed by| Ewald André Dupont
Written by|

* Werner Scheff (novel)
* Thea von Harbou

Produced by|

* Marcel Hellman
* Frank Clifford

Starring|

* Brigitte Helm
* Hans Brausewetter
* Ursula Grabley
* Viktor de Kowa

Cinematography| Eugen Schüfftan
Edited by| Herbert Selpin
Music by| Giuseppe Becce

Production
company

Matador-Film

Distributed by| Siegel-Monopolfilm

Release date

* 24 February 1933 (1933-02-24)

Running time

| 98 minutes
Country| Germany
Language| German

The Marathon Runner (German: Der Läufer von Marathon) is a 1933 German sports film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Brigitte Helm, Hans Brausewetter and Ursula Grabley. It was based on a 1928 novel by Werner Scheff, adapted by screenwriter Thea von Harbou. The film focuses on a love triangle between three German athletes competing at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.[1] It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Ernő Metzner and Erich Zander. The German premiere took place at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo. It was the last film Dupont made in Germany, before escaping into exile following the rise to power of the Nazis.

## Cast

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* Brigitte Helm as Lore Steinkopf
* Hans Brausewetter as Karl Roesicke
* Ursula Grabley as Else Wittig, Lores Freundin
* Viktor de Kowa as Georg Cornelius
* Paul Hartmann as José Barrada
* Trude von Molo as Evelyne Barrada
* Oscar Sabo as Werner Franck, Trainer
* Carl Balhaus as Hans Huber
* Nien Soen Ling as Tschou Ling
* Alfred Durra as Ein Reporter

## References

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1. ^ Bergfelder & Cargnelli p. 34

## Bibliography

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* Bergfelder, Tim; Cargnelli, Christian, eds. (2008). Destination London: German-Speaking Emigrés and British Cinema, 1925–1950. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-0-85745-019-7.

## External links

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* The Marathon Runner at IMDb

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Films directed by E. A. Dupont

* Europe, General Delivery (1918)
* Midnight (1918)
* The Devil (1918)
* The Japanese Woman (1919)
* The Secret of the American Docks (1919)
* The Mask (1919)
* The Spies (1919)
* The Apache of Marseilles (1919)
* The Derby (1919)
* Alkohol (1919)
* World by the Throat (1920)
* The Grand Babylon Hotel (1920)
* The White Peacock (1920)
* Whitechapel (1920)
* Hearts Are Trumps (1920)
* Murder Without Cause (1921)
* The Vulture Wally (1921)
* Children of Darkness (1921)
* She and the Three (1922)
* The Green Manuela (1923)
* The Ancient Law (1923)
* The Humble Man and the Chanteuse (1925)
* Variety (1925)
* Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927)
* Moulin Rouge (1928)
* Piccadilly (1929)
* Atlantic (1929)
* Atlantik (1929)
* Atlantis (1930)
* Two Worlds (1930, UK)
* Two Worlds (1930, Germany)
* Les deux mondes (1930)
* Menschen im Käfig (1930)
* Le cap perdu (1931)
* Cape Forlorn (1931)
* Salto Mortale (1931)
* Salto Mortale (1931)
* Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932)
* The Marathon Runner (1933)
* Ladies Must Love (1933)
* The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)
* Forgotten Faces (1936)
* A Son Comes Home (1936)
* Night of Mystery (1937)
* On Such a Night (1937)
* Love on Toast (1937)
* Hell's Kitchen (1939)
* The Scarf (1951)
* Pictura: An Adventure in Art (1951, co-director)
* Problem Girls (1953)
* The Neanderthal Man (1953)
* The Steel Lady (1953)
* Return to Treasure Island (1954)

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Thea von Harbou

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Films directed|

* Elisabeth and the Fool (1934)
* Hanneles Himmelfahrt (1934)

Films written|

* The Legend of Holy Simplicity (1920)
* The Wandering Image (1920)
* Destiny (1921)
* Four Around a Woman (1921)
* The Indian Tomb (1921)
* The Women of Gnadenstein (1921)
* The Burning Soil (1922)
* Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)
* Phantom (1922)
* The Expulsion (1923)
* The Stone Rider (1923)
* Princess Suwarin (1923)
* The Grand Duke's Finances (1924)
* Die Nibelungen (1924)
* Michael (1924)
* Chronicles of the Gray House (1925)
* Metropolis (1927)
* Spione (1928)
* Woman in the Moon (1929)
* M (1931)
* The First Right of the Child (1932)
* The Marathon Runner (1933)
* The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
* The Old and the Young King (1934)
* Princess Turandot (1934)
* What Am I Without You (1934)
* Turandot, Princess of China (1935)
* The Old and the Young King (1935)
* An Ideal Husband (1935)
* Escapade (1936)
* The Impossible Woman (1936)
* A Woman of No Importance (1936)
* The Broken Jug (1937)
* Don't Promise Me Anything (1937)
* Mother Song (1937)
* The Ruler (1937)
* Covered Tracks (1938)
* The Woman at the Crossroads (1938)
* Hurrah! I'm a Father (1939)
* Stars of Variety (1939)
* Clarissa (1941)
* With the Eyes of a Woman (1942)
* Maria Malibran (1943)
* A Wife for Three Days (1944)
* Via Mala (1945)
* Journey to Happiness (1948)
* A Day Will Come (1950)
* Dr. Holl (1951)
* Your Heart Is My Homeland (1953)

Novels written|

* The Indian Tomb (1918)
* Metropolis (1925)
* The Rocket to the Moon (1928)

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