# Immortal Light

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{{Short description|1951 film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt}}
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{{Infobox film
| name =  Immortal Light
| image = Immortal Light.png
| caption =
| director = [Arthur Maria Rabenalt](/source/Arthur_Maria_Rabenalt)
| producer = Vahagen Vartany
| writer =  {{ubl|[Alexander Lix](/source/Alexander_Lix)|[Vahagen Vartany](/source/Vahagen_Vartany)}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[Rudolf Forster](/source/Rudolf_Forster)|[Cornell Borchers](/source/Cornell_Borchers)|[Volker von Collande](/source/Volker_von_Collande)}}
| music = {{ubl|[Ralph Benatzky](/source/Ralph_Benatzky)|[Bert Grund](/source/Bert_Grund)}}
| cinematography = [Konstantin Irmen-Tschet](/source/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](/source/Arthur_Maria_Rabenalt) and starring [Rudolf Forster](/source/Rudolf_Forster), [Cornell Borchers](/source/Cornell_Borchers) and [Volker von Collande](/source/Volker_von_Collande).<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p. 487</ref> It was shot at the [Bavaria Studios](/source/Bavaria_Studios) in Munich and [on location](/source/location_shooting) in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/art_director)s [Willi A. Herrmann](/source/Willi_A._Herrmann) and [Heinrich Weidemann](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Rudolf_Forster) as Graf Kalinsky
* [Cornell Borchers](/source/Cornell_Borchers) as Michèle Printemps
* [Volker von Collande](/source/Volker_von_Collande) as René Garnier
* [Hilde Hildebrand](/source/Hilde_Hildebrand) as Madame de Latour
* [Hans Reiser](/source/Hans_Reiser_(actor)) as Marcel
* Nicolaus Ellin as Kammerdiener Sascha
* [Gustav Waldau](/source/Gustav_Waldau) as Dr. Duval
* [Fritz Reiff](/source/Fritz_Reiff) as Engländer
* [Loni Heuser](/source/Loni_Heuser) as Diseuse
* [Rudolf Reiff](/source/Rudolf_Reiff) as Perrin
* [Katharina Mayberg](/source/Katharina_Mayberg) as Perrins Tochter
* Wolfgang Keppler as Cherrier
* [Harald Mannl](/source/Harald_Mannl) as Bezirksarzt
* [Arnulf Schröder](/source/Arnulf_Schr%C3%B6der) as Portier
}}

==References ==
{{reflist}}

== 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}}

{{Arthur Maria Rabenalt}}

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

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