Girls Behind Bars Explained

Girls Behind Bars
Director:	Alfred Braun
Music:	Herbert Trantow
Cinematography:	Fritz Arno Wagner
Studio:	CCC Films
Distributor:	Schorcht Filmverleih
Runtime:	85 minutes
Country:	West Germany
Language:	German

Girls Behind Bars (de|'''Mädchen hinter Gittern''') is a 1949 West German drama film directed by Alfred Braun and starring Petra Peters, Richard Häussler and Edelweiß Malchin.^[1]

It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.The film's sets were designed by the art director Willi Herrmann.

Cast

• Petra Peters as Ursula Schumann
• Richard Häussler as Breuhaus
• Edelweiß Malchin as Elfie Meyen
• Susi Deitz as Wanda Schmidt
• Gina Presgott as Irmchen Fischer, 'Würmchen'
• Marianne Prenzel as Lore Liebhold
• Micheline Hoerle as Isolde Loring, 'Isa'
• Gabriele Heßmann as Irmgard Rechenberg, 'Boss'
• Ruth Hausmeister as Ilse Heidenreich, 'Heidin'
• Berta Drews as Paula Rellspieß, 'Spiess'
• Else Ehser as Hanna Späthe, 'Hannchen'
• Elisabeth Wendt as Else Richnow, 'Bohnenstange'
• Ralph Lothar as Richard Halbes
• Fritz Wagner as Harald Hauffe
• Arno Paulsen as Helmcke
• Erich Dunskus as Franz Schmidt
• Alice Treff as Frau Schumann
• Renée Stobrawa as Frau Liebhold
• Hildegard Grethe as Frau Hardtcke
• Wolfgang Kühne as Dr. Helwig
• Carl Heinz Charrell as Paulus

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.

Notes and References

1. Bergfelder p. 106