The Girl with the Cat's Eyes
| The Girl with the Cat's Eyes | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Eugen York |
| Written by | Werner P. Zibaso |
| Produced by | Willy Zeyn |
| Starring | Vera Tschechowa Joachim Fuchsberger Wolfgang Preiss |
| Cinematography | Heinz Hölscher |
| Edited by | Alexandra Anatra |
| Music by | Willy Mattes |
Production company | Willy Zeyn-Film |
| Distributed by | Union-Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The Girl with the Cat's Eyes (German: Das Mädchen mit den Katzenaugen) is a 1958 West German crime thriller film directed by Eugen York and starring Vera Tschechowa, Joachim Fuchsberger and Wolfgang Preiss.[1] It was shot at the Bendestorf Studios and on location around Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilhelm Vorwerg.[2]
Synopsis
Katja returns to Hamburg to live with her father has hers a job as a dancer in a nightclub on the Reeperbahn. It is in fact the front for a gang of car thieves who are using her own father's workshop through blackmail. She also encounters a police detective who is on the trail of the leader of the gang, the owner of the nightclub.
Cast
- Vera Tschechowa as Katja
- Joachim Fuchsberger as Norbert Wilms
- Wolfgang Preiss as Carlo Gormann
- Mady Rahl as Juliette
- Hans Clarin as Stückchen
- Nina Hauser as Marietta
- Bum Krüger as Commissioner Krause
- Willy Krüger as Steppuhn
- Stanislav Ledinek as Papendiek
- Emmerich Schrenk as Wühles
- Peter Franck as Autoschieber Lebedans
- Gert Fröbe as Tessmann' Katja's Father
- Erwin Lehn as Self - Orchestra Conductor
- Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum as Polizist
- Gerda-Maria Jürgens as Barmaid
- Heidi Kabel as Paula
References
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.135
- ^ https://www.filmportal.de/film/das-maedchen-mit-den-katzenaugen_02dbb7262ea140eaabe98cad5eca3381
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Strauven, Michael. Jedermanns Lieblingsschurke: Gert Fröbe. Eine Biographie. Rotbuch Verlag, 2013.