Faded Melody

{{short description|1938 film directed by Viktor Tourjansky}} {{Infobox film | name = Faded Melody | image =Faded Melody.jpg | caption = | director = [[Viktor Tourjansky]] | producer = [[Ulrich Mohrbutter]] | writer = [[Emil Burri]] | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Brigitte Horney]]|[[Willy Birgel]]|[[Carl Raddatz]]|[[Hans Brausewetter]]}} | music = [[Marta Linz]] | cinematography = [[Günther Rittau]] | editing = [[Walter Fredersdorf]] | studio = [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] | distributor = UFA | released = {{Film date|1938|04|17|df=yes}} | runtime = 98 minutes | country = Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Faded Melody''''' ({{langx|de|'''Verklungene Melodie'''}}) is a 1938 German [[drama film]] directed by [[Viktor Tourjansky]] and starring [[Brigitte Horney]], [[Willy Birgel]] and [[Carl Raddatz]].<ref>Hake p. 247</ref> The film was made by Germany's largest studio of the era [[Universum Film AG|UFA]]. It was shot at the [[Babelsberg Studios]] in [[Potsdam]] and [[location|on location]] in [[French Algeria]], [[New York City]] and [[Berlin]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Hermann Asmus]] and [[Max Mellin]]. It premiered at Berlin's [[Gloria-Palast]].

==Synopsis== Horney and Birgel play characters engaged in a troubled transatlantic romance, with she based in New York City and he in Berlin.

==Partial cast== * [[Brigitte Horney]] as Barbara Lorenz * [[Willy Birgel]] as Thomas Gront * [[Carl Raddatz]] as Werner Gront * [[Hans Brausewetter]] as Steffken * [[Vera von Langen]] as Olga, Thomas' Freundin * [[Silvia de Bettini]] as Sonja * [[Erich Fiedler]] as Freddy * [[Karl Platen]] as Karl, Diener * [[Andrews Engelmann]] as Casiez * [[Bill Bocket]] as Léon * [[Achim von Biel]] as Schmidt, Thomas' Sekretär * [[Angelo Ferrari]] as Der Kellner bei der Silvesterfeier * [[Jens von Hagen]] as Das Mädchen bei Barbara * [[Hilde Heinrich]] as Die Krankenschwester * [[Carl Merznicht]] as Der Assistenzarzt * [[Pia Mietens]] as Ein Gast bei Olga, die sich nach Thomas erkundigt * [[Michael von Newlinsky]] as Ein französischer Sergeant am Flughafen * [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius]] as Der kleine Bobby, Barbaras Söhnchen * [[Stella Textor]] as Eine französische Flugpassagierin * [[Theodor Thony]] as Ein französischer Flugpassagier * [[Werner Finck]] * [[Boris Alekin]] * [[Ernst Behmer]] * [[Josef Karma]]

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Hake, Sabine. ''Popular Cinema of the Third Reich''. University of Texas Press, 2001.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0030930}}

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