Sky Without Stars

{{Short description|1955 film directed by Helmut Käutner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox film |name = Sky Without Stars |image = Sky Without Stars.jpg |caption = German film poster |native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Himmel ohne Sterne}} |director = Helmut Käutner |producer = Harald Braun<br>Georg Richter |writer = Helmut Käutner |starring = {{ubl|Erik Schumann|Eva Kotthaus|Horst Buchholz}} |music = Bernhard Eichhorn |cinematography = Kurt Hasse |editing = Anneliese Schönnenbeck |studio = Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft |distributor = Europa-Filmverleih<br>Sascha Film (Austria) |released = {{Film date|1955|10|14|df=yes}} |runtime = 108 minutes |country = West Germany |language = German }} '''''Sky Without Stars''''' ({{langx|de|'''Himmel ohne Sterne'''}}) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Erik Schumann, Eva Kotthaus and Horst Buchholz.<ref>{{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|page=67|year=2009|location=New York|isbn=978-1-57181-655-9}}</ref> It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Berthel and Robert Stratil.

==Cast== *Erik Schumann as Carl Altmann *Eva Kotthaus as Anna Kaminski *Horst Buchholz as Mischa Bjelkin *Georg Thomalla as Willi Becker *Gustav Knuth as Otto Friese *Camilla Spira as Elsbeth Friese *Erich Ponto as Vater Otto Kaminski *Lucie Höflich as Mutter Mathilde Kaminski *Rainer Stang as Jochen *Siegfried Lowitz as Hüske *Otto Wernicke as Inspektor Hoffmann *Wolfgang Neuss as Vopo Edgar Bröse *Paul Bildt as Direktor Klütsch *Beppo Schwaiger as Inspektor Henning *Joseph Offenbach as Polizei-Offizier *Pinkas Braun as Kommissar Engelbrecht *Rolf Gottwald as Vopo *Edith Hancke as Frau am Kontrollpunkt *Lina Carstens *Helmut Käutner as Speaker

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0048169}}

Category:1955 drama films Category:German drama films Category:West German films Category:Films directed by Helmut Käutner Category:Cold War films Category:Films shot at Bavaria Studios Category:Films set in East Germany Category:West German black-and-white films Category:1955 German films Category:1955 German-language films Category:Films scored by Bernhard Eichhorn