Dark Eyes (German: Schwarze Augen) is a 1951 German drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Cornell Borchers, Will Quadflieg, and Angelika Hauff.[1] It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt.

Dark Eyes
Directed byGéza von Bolváry
Written by
Produced byArtur Brauner
Starring
CinematographyHerbert Körner
Edited byJohanna Meisel
Music byFrank Fox
Production
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Distributed byPrisma Film
Release date
  • 25 December 1951 (1951-12-25)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

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On the train from Nice to Vienna the violin virtuoso Fedor Varany meets Helene Samboni, the mistress of a wealthy businessman. He becomes fixated with her, begging her to leave both her lover and her estranged husband. She agrees to elope with him, but when her discarded lover is found dead, Varany becomes the prime suspect for his murder.

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References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder, p. 51.

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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