Late Love

Late Love
Late Love
	German film poster
German	Späte Liebe
Directed by	Gustav Ucicky
Written by	Gerhard Menzel
Produced by	Heinz-Joachim Ewert; Karl Hartl; Hans Somborn;
Starring	Paula Wessely; Attila Hörbiger; Inge List;
Cinematography	Hans Schneeberger
Edited by	Rudolf Schaad
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Production; company	Wien Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date	16 February 1943;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Late Love (German: Späte Liebe) is a 1943 German historical drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Paula Wessely, Attila Hörbiger and Inge List.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Werner Schlichting. It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna.

Plot

The impoverished noblewoman Sophie von Angerspang has a big problem. Her younger sister Steffi is seriously ill with respiratory disease and therefore absolutely in need of a spa. Only the good mountain air in Davos, Switzerland could help, but unfortunately Sophie cannot afford such a stay because her job as a China painter pays too little. Therefore, she decides to marry the manufacturer August Polzer, who has been courting her for a long time. Sophie also doesn't hide the deeper reason why she accepts his proposal after all. Even under these circumstances, August is willing to marry Sophie because secretly he fervently hopes that a marriage of purpose and reason will eventually grow into a marriage of love.

The younger sister eventually marries a French man but gets seriously sick. Only after Sophie recognizes her husband's good heart, who travels to France and personally helps to care for Steffi, do Sophie and August find love together.

Cast

Paula Wessely as Sophie von Angerspang
Attila Hörbiger as August Polzer
Inge List as Steffi von Angerspang
Fred Liewehr as von Pioletti
Erik Frey as von Lammersbach
Ferdinand Mayerhofer as Mr. Steininger
Auguste Pünkösdy as Mrs. Steininger
Klaramaria Skala as Betti Steininger
Monique Joyce as Suzanne
Eddy Ghilain as Maurice
Gustav Waldau as Toni
Karl Ehmann as accountant
Rosl Dorena as cook
Gertrude Prapscha as Monika
Georges Chamarat as Arzt
Franz Böheim
Willy Rösner
Paula Conrad
Hertha Kraus
Lola Hübner
Fritz Puchstein
Oskar Wegrostek
Roger Dann

References

^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 491. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.

External links

Late Love at IMDb

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[1] Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 491. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.

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