| The Lost Face | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Kurt Hoffmann |
| Producer: | Walter Bolz Harald Braun |
| Starring: | Marianne Hoppe Gustav Fröhlich Richard Häussler |
| Cinematography: | Franz Koch |
| Editing: | Adolf Schlyssleder |
| Music: | Lothar Brühne |
| Studio: | Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft |
| Distributor: | Schorcht Filmverleih |
| Runtime: | 98 minutes |
| Country: | Germany |
| Language: | German |
The Lost Face (German: Das verlorene Gesicht) is a 1948 German drama film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Marianne Hoppe, Gustav Fröhlich and Richard Häussler. The plot of a woman with two divided personalities caused by a recent trauma drew inspiration from the Gainsborough Melodrama Madonna of the Seven Moons which had been extremely popular on its release in Germany.[1]
It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich with location shooting taking place in Heidelberg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Kuhnert.
In Stuttgart a lost and disorientated young woman is found. It is assumed she is from Tibet. She receives care from a doctor and falls in love with a lawyer. Yet suddenly her face and voice change and she emerges as a completely different woman.