Immortal Light

{{Short description|1951 film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox film | name = Immortal Light | image = Immortal Light.png | caption = | director = Arthur Maria Rabenalt | producer = Vahagen Vartany | writer = {{ubl|Alexander Lix|Vahagen Vartany}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Rudolf Forster|Cornell Borchers|Volker von Collande}} | music = {{ubl|Ralph Benatzky|Bert Grund}} | cinematography = Konstantin Irmen-Tschet | editing = Heinz Haber | studio = Badal-Film | distributor = Union-Film | released = {{film date|1951|3|22|df=y}} | runtime = 93 minutes | country = West Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''Immortal Light''''' ({{langx|de|link=no|'''Unvergängliches Licht'''}}) is a 1951 West German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Rudolf Forster, Cornell Borchers and Volker von Collande.<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p. 487</ref> It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi A. Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann.

==Synopsis== After a happy upbringing the death of Michèle Printemps's father leaves her in the hands of her cruel mother who tries to sell her into a life of prostitution in Paris. She escapes this life when she meets the young engineer and aspiring racing driver René Garnier. However, after discovering that she has a serious illness, she pushes him away, selflessly wanting him to concentrate on his own career.

==Cast== {{cast listing| * Rudolf Forster as Graf Kalinsky * Cornell Borchers as Michèle Printemps * Volker von Collande as René Garnier * Hilde Hildebrand as Madame de Latour * Hans Reiser as Marcel * Nicolaus Ellin as Kammerdiener Sascha * Gustav Waldau as Dr. Duval * Fritz Reiff as Engländer * Loni Heuser as Diseuse * Rudolf Reiff as Perrin * Katharina Mayberg as Perrins Tochter * Wolfgang Keppler as Cherrier * Harald Mannl as Bezirksarzt * Arnulf Schröder as Portier }}

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== Bibliography == * {{cite book | editor-first1 = Hans-Michael | editor-last1 = Bock | editor-link1 = Hans-Michael Bock | editor-first2 = Tim | editor-last2 = Bergfelder | title = The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2009 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1-57181-655-9 }}

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0134182}}

Category:1951 films Category:1951 drama films Category:German drama films Category:West German films Category:1951 German-language films Category:Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt Category:Films shot at Bavaria Studios Category:Films scored by Ralph Benatzky Category:West German black-and-white films Category:Films set in France Category:Films shot in Paris Category:1951 German films Category:German-language drama films