The Secret of the Mountain Lake
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| Directed by | Jean Dréville |
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| Cinematography | Marc Fossard |
| Music by | Bernard Schulé |
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| Distributed by | Donau-Filmgesellschaft |
Release date | 26 September 1952 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
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| Language | Swiss German |
The Secret of the Mountain Lake (German: Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee) is a 1952 drama film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Harriet Geßner, Lil Dagover and Fredy Scheim.[1] It was made as a co-production between France, Switzerland and West Germany. A separate French-language film, The Girl with the Whip, was also released. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around Verbier, Saas-Fee and the Forest of Fontainebleau.
Cast[edit]
- Harriet Geßner as Angelina
- Lil Dagover as Lamberta Pons
- Fredy Scheim as Bürgermeister
- Marcelle Géniat as Maria Pons, die Großmutter
- Michel Barbey as Calix
- Roger Burckhardt as Ein Schmuggler
- Ann Berger as Lauretta
- Andrews Engelmann as Gefängnisdirektor
- Paul Röthlisberger
- Howard Vernon as Borgo, der Schmugglerwirt
- Karl Wagner
References[edit]
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 78
Bibliography[edit]
- Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links[edit]
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Categories:
- 1952 films
- 1952 drama films
- German drama films
- West German films
- Swiss German-language films
- Films directed by Jean Dréville
- Swiss drama films
- French drama films
- Cross-dressing in French films
- Films set in the Alps
- German multilingual films
- 1950s multilingual films
- Swiss black-and-white films
- German black-and-white films
- French black-and-white films
- 1950s German films
- 1950s French films
- Films shot in Switzerland
- Films shot at Billancourt Studios
- 1950s German film stubs