Before Sundown Explained

Before Sundown
Director:	Gottfried Reinhardt
Producer:	Artur Brauner
Starring:	Hans Albers Annemarie Düringer Martin Held
Music:	Werner Eisbrenner
Cinematography:	Kurt Hasse
Editing:	Kurt Zeunert
Studio:	CCC Film
Distributor:	Schorcht Filmverleih Sascha Film (Austria)
Runtime:	103 minutes
Country:	West Germany
Language:	German

Before Sundown (German: '''Vor Sonnenuntergang''') is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt and starring Hans Albers, Annemarie Düringer and Martin Held. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Golden Bear (Audience award).^[1] It was adapted from the play Before Sunset by Gerhart Hauptmann.^[2]

It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Vienna and the Swiss resort town St. Moritz. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Peter Röhrig and Rolf Zehetbauer.

Cast

• Hans Albers as Generaldirektor Mathias Clausen
• Annemarie Düringer as Inken Peters
• Martin Held as Erich Klamroth
• Claus Biederstaedt as Egbert Clausen
• Hannelore Schroth as Ottilie Klamroth, geb. Clausen
• Erich Schellow as Wolfgang Clausen
• Maria Becker as Bettina Clausen
• Johanna Hofer as Frau Peters, Inkens Mutter
• Inge Langen as Paula Clausen, geb. Rübsamen
• Hans Nielsen as Dr. Steynitz, Sanitätsrat
• Reginald Pasch as Diener
• Wolfgang Preiss as Dr. Hahnefeld, Syndikus der Clausen-Werke
• Kurt Vespermann as Wuttke, Fahrer bei Clausen
• Franz Weber as Gärtner

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 6th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners . 27 December 2009 . berlinale.de . 15 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131015120526/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1956/03_preistr_ger_1956/03_Preistraeger_1956.html . dead .
2. Goble p.211