# The Stronger Woman

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1953 film

The Stronger Woman German film poster German Die Stärkere Directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner Written by Christa Linden (novel) Walter von Hollander Produced by Dietrich von Theobald Starring Gertrud Kückelmann Hans Söhnker Antje Weisgerber Cinematography Igor Oberberg Edited by Carl Otto Bartning Music by Hans-Otto Borgmann Production company Capitol Film Distributed by Prisma Film Release date 11 August 1953 (1953-08-11) Running time 98 minutes Country West Germany Language German

***The Stronger Woman*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Die Stärkere***) is a 1953 West German [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Wolfgang Liebeneiner](/source/Wolfgang_Liebeneiner) and starring [Gertrud Kückelmann](/source/Gertrud_K%C3%BCckelmann), [Hans Söhnker](/source/Hans_S%C3%B6hnker) and [Antje Weisgerber](/source/Antje_Weisgerber).[1] It was shot at the [Tempelhof Studios](/source/Tempelhof_Studios) in [West Berlin](/source/West_Berlin) and [on location](/source/Location_shooting) at the [Schloss Büdingen](/source/B%C3%BCdingen). The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Emil Hasler](/source/Emil_Hasler) and [Walter Kutz](/source/Walter_Kutz).

## Synopsis

After a car accident confines her to a [wheelchair](/source/Wheelchair) and halts her career, an [opera singer](/source/Opera_singer) suspects that her [architect](/source/Architect) husband has begun an affair with an attractive young [interior designer](/source/Interior_designer) he has met.

## Cast

- [Gertrud Kückelmann](/source/Gertrud_K%C3%BCckelmann) as Sybille Erler

- [Hans Söhnker](/source/Hans_S%C3%B6hnker) as Jochen Faber

- [Antje Weisgerber](/source/Antje_Weisgerber) as Elisabeth Faber

- [Paul Henckels](/source/Paul_Henckels) as Draaden

- [Tilly Lauenstein](/source/Tilly_Lauenstein) as Dr. Hanna Claassen

- [Tilla Durieux](/source/Tilla_Durieux) as Mutter der Fürstin

- [Heinz Klingenberg](/source/Heinz_Klingenberg_(actor)) as Fürst von Hartefeld-Rosenau

- [Elsa Wagner](/source/Elsa_Wagner) as Frau Prein

- [Maria Sebaldt](/source/Maria_Sebaldt) as Hertha

- [Harald Juhnke](/source/Harald_Juhnke) as Alfred

- Lou Seitz as Frau Huber

- [Paul Bildt](/source/Paul_Bildt) as Professor Wolters

- Emil Suhrmann as Lawyer Medemann

- Richard Handwerk as Waisenhausdirektor

- [Rita Streich](/source/Rita_Streich) as herself - singer

- [Ernst Legal](/source/Ernst_Legal) as walker

- [Wolfgang Liebeneiner](/source/Wolfgang_Liebeneiner) as conductor

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Reimer, Robert C. *Cultural History Through a National Socialist Lens: Essays on the Cinema of the Third Reich*. Camden House, 2002. p. 258.

## External links

- [*The Stronger Woman*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046379/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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