Artists' Blood

Artists' Blood
Directed by	Wolfgang Wehrum
Written by	Ellen Fechner Peter Hamel Wolfgang Wehrum
Starring	Hans Richter Dorit Kreysler Fritz Odemar
Cinematography	Kurt Hasse Reimar Kuntze
Edited by	Wolfgang Wehrum
Music by	Lotar Olias
Production companies	Komet-Film-Compagnie Ondia-Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Ring-Film
Release date	26 August 1949 (1949-08-26)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Artists' Blood (German: Artistenblut) is a 1949 West German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Wehrum and starring Hans Richter, Dorit Kreysler and Fritz Odemar. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in mountain resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Carl Ludwig Kirmse.

Synopsis

A successful clown wants to marry the daughter of a factory owner, but his prospective father-in-law doesn't want a circus performer in the family and insists that he takes a job at the factory. With a heavy heart he agrees, but then discovering a doppelganger he persuades him to take his place. Confusion soon arises between them.

Cast

• Hans Richter as Clown Antonio & Anton Lammbein
• Dorit Kreysler as Lissy Schilling - Dolmetscherin
• Fritz Odemar as Steffens - Fabrikbesitzer
• Karin Jacobsen as Hannelore - seine Tochter
• Hubert von Meyerinck as Ricardo Pisetti - Manager
• Josef Sieber as Canossa - Garderobier
• Alexis as Liebling - Inspizient
• Petra Unkel as Gesine Pagel
• Luise Franke-Booch as Mutter Lammbein
• Hans Leibelt as Schröder - Portier im 'Continental'
• Carl Voscherau as Portier im 'Hotel Roß'
• Grethe Weiser as Die Vortragskünstlerin
• Walter Giller

Bibliography

• Baer, Hester. Dismantling the Dream Factory: Gender, German Cinema, and the Postwar Quest for a New Film Language. Berghahn Books, 2012.

External links

• Artists' Blood at IMDb