Madonna in Chains

Madonna in Chains
Madonna in Chains
	German film poster
German	Madonna in Ketten
Directed by	Gerhard Lamprecht
Written by	H. C. Pelman; Theo Rausch
Produced by	Franz Vogel
Starring	Lotte Koch; Karin Hardt; Elisabeth Flickenschildt;
Cinematography	Bruno Timm
Edited by	Eva Kalthoff
Music by	Hans Carste
Production; company	Euphono-Film
Distributed by	Panorama-Film
Release date	3 November 1949;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Madonna in Chains (German: Madonna in Ketten) is a 1949 West German drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Lotte Koch, Karin Hardt and Elisabeth Flickenschildt.^[1]

It was shot in studios in Düsseldorf with location shooting took place in the surrounding region. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Bütow.

Plot[edit]

A woman is wrongly accused of a crime that was really committed by her husband and is sent to jail. While in prison she gives birth and the child is put up for adoption. Once fresh evidence frees her from jail, the woman goes searching for her daughter.

Cast[edit]

Lotte Koch as Maria Randolf
Karin Hardt as Gerda Wienholt
Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Gabriele Custodis
Elise Aulinger as Nickel, mother
Dagmar Jansen as Christa, child
Richard Häussler as Professor Wienholt
Heinz Schorlemmer as Dr. Peter Gellert
Werner Hessenland as Randolf, general director
Rudolf Therkatz as Director Weigant
Willy Millowitsch as Prof. Kleinschmidt
Paul Heidemann as Dr. Klaussen
Elisabeth Botz
Frigga Braut as Supervisor Hansen
Emmy Graetz as Gertrud, gatekeeper
Hiltraud Helling
Renate Hofrichter
Alfons Godard
Carl Möller
Wilhelm Semmelroth
Hermann Weisse as Bertrich, warden

References[edit]

^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 275. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.

External links[edit]

Madonna in Chains at IMDb

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[1] Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 275. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.

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