The Blue Moth

{{short description|1959 film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Blue Moth | image = The Blue Moth.jpg | caption = | director = Wolfgang Schleif | producer = {{ubl|Hans Raspotnik|Kurt Schulz}} | writer = {{ubl|Erich Ebermayer|Carl von Barany|Siegfried Gauercke}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Zarah Leander|Christian Wolff|Paul Hartmann|Werner Hinz}} | music = Lotar Olias | cinematography = Willy Winterstein | editing = Hermann Ludwig | studio = Berolina Film | distributor = Union-Film | released = {{Film date|1959|08|27|df=yes}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = West Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Blue Moth''''' ({{langx|de|'''Der blaue Nachtfalter'''}}) is a 1959 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Schleif and starring Zarah Leander, Christian Wolff and Paul Hartmann.<ref>Commire & Klezmer p.253</ref> Leander, who had been a major star during the Nazi era, made a comeback in the 1950s. By 1959, in her penultimate film, she was playing a more mature role than the traditional divas in her earlier films.

==Cast== * Zarah Leander as Julia Martens * Christian Wolff as Thomas Martens * Paul Hartmann as Lawyer Dr. Frahm * Werner Hinz as Steve Owens * Marina Petrova as Irina * Loni Heuser as Elvira del Castros * Lotte Brackebusch as Alte Frau Martens * Hans Richter as Regisseur Olten * Lore Schulz as Hausmädchen Elli * Ingrid van Bergen as Revuegirl * Karl Martell as Direktor * Erwin Linder as Prosecutor * Hans Paetsch as Richter * Carl Voscherau as Pförtner Becker * Walter Klam as Oberarzt * Kurt A. Jung as Barkeeper Freddy

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Anne Commire & Deborah Klezmer. ''Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia, Volume 9''. Yorkin Publications, 1999.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0052633}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blue Moth}} Category:1959 films Category:West German films Category:German drama films Category:1959 drama films Category:1959 German-language films Category:Films directed by Wolfgang Schleif Category:1959 German films Category:Films scored by Lotar Olias Category:German-language drama films Category:West German black-and-white films