Melody of Fate

{{Short description|1950 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Melody of Fate | image =File:Melody of Fate.jpg | caption = | director = Hans Schweikart | producer = {{ubl|Rolf Meyer|Helmuth Volmer}} | writer = {{ubl|Paul Baudisch|Adolf Schütz}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Brigitte Horney|Viktor de Kowa|Mathias Wieman}} | music = Werner Eisbrenner | cinematography = Franz Weihmayr | editing = Walter von Bonhorst | studio = Junge Film-Union Rolf Meyer | distributor = Neue Filmverleih | released = {{Film date|1950|10|06|df=y}} | runtime = 88 minutes | country = West Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''Melody of Fate''''' ({{langx|de|'''Melodie des Schicksals'''}}) is a 1950 West German drama film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Brigitte Horney, Viktor de Kowa and Mathias Wieman.{{sfn|Bock|Bergfelder|2009|p=150}} It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.

==Synopsis== A love triangle develops between the wife of a composer and a celebrated conductor.

==Cast== * Brigitte Horney as Carola * Viktor de Kowa as Ewald Bergius * Mathias Wieman as Martin Ehrling * Fita Benkhoff as Betty Müller * Maria Litto as Lill aus der Colombo-Bar * Otto Gebühr as Professor Ahrens * Franz Schafheitlin as Hugo Müller * Friedrich Joloff as Amerikaner in der Colombo-Bar * Reinhard Kolldehoff * Herbert B. Tenbrook * Erich Dunskus * Paul Gunther * Peter Petersz * Ilka Hugo * Paul Mederow

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

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0137948}}

Category:1950 films Category:1950 drama films Category:German drama films Category:West German films Category:1950 German-language films Category:Films directed by Hans Schweikart Category:Films about classical music and musicians Category:Films about adultery in Germany Category:Films shot at Tempelhof Studios Category:West German black-and-white films Category:1950 German films Category:Films scored by Werner Eisbrenner