Madonna in Chains | |
Native Name: | |
Director: | Gerhard Lamprecht |
Producer: | Franz Vogel |
Music: | Hans Carste |
Cinematography: | Bruno Timm |
Editing: | Eva Kalthoff |
Studio: | Euphono-Film |
Distributor: | Panorama-Film |
Runtime: | 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.
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.