The Secret of the Mountain Lake

1952 film
  • Felix Beaujon
  • A.M. Fasold
  • Alexander Geßner
  • Jeanne Humbert
  • Ernst Zahn (novel)
Starring
  • Harriet Geßner
  • Lil Dagover
  • Fredy Scheim
CinematographyMarc FossardMusic byBernard Schulé
Production
companies
  • Aidal Beaujon-Film
  • Films Monopole
  • Karpat-Film
  • Tempo-Film
Distributed byDonau-Filmgesellschaft
Release date
  • 26 September 1952 (1952-09-26)
Running time
86 minutesCountries
  • France
  • Switzerland
  • West Germany
LanguageSwiss German

The Secret of the Mountain Lake (German: Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee) is a 1952 drama film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Harriet Geßner, Lil Dagover and Fredy Scheim.[1] It was made as a co-production between France, Switzerland and West Germany. A separate French-language film, The Girl with the Whip, was also released. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around Verbier, Saas-Fee and the Forest of Fontainebleau.

Cast

  • Harriet Geßner as Angelina
  • Lil Dagover as Lamberta Pons
  • Fredy Scheim as Bürgermeister
  • Marcelle Géniat as Maria Pons, die Großmutter
  • Michel Barbey as Calix
  • Roger Burckhardt as Ein Schmuggler
  • Ann Berger as Lauretta
  • Andrews Engelmann as Gefängnisdirektor
  • Paul Röthlisberger
  • Howard Vernon as Borgo, der Schmugglerwirt
  • Karl Wagner

References

  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 78

Bibliography

  • Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

  • The Secret of the Mountain Lake at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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