The Last Chapter (1961 film)

The Last Chapter
Directed byWolfgang Liebeneiner
Written byGeorg Hurdalek
Based onSiste kapitel by Knut Hamsun
Produced byWerner Ludwig
StarringHansjörg Felmy
Karin Baal
Helmuth Lohner
CinematographyHeinz Pehlke
Edited byCarl Otto Bartning
Music bySiegfried Franz
Production
company
Europa-Filmverleih
Distributed byEuropa-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 19 October 1961 (1961-10-19)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Last Chapter (German: Das letzte Kapitel) is a 1961 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Hansjörg Felmy, Karin Baal and Helmuth Lohner.[1][2] The film is based on the 1923 novel Siste kapitel by Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun.[3] It was shot in Agfacolor at the Göttingen Studios and on location in Bad Harzburg and in Norway. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt.[4] Gustav Ucicky was originally intended to the direct the film for the Hamburg-based Europa Film, but he died before filming began was replaced by Liebeneiner.

Cast

References

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Costello, Tom. International Guide to Literature on Film. Bowker-Saur, 1994.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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