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1951 film

Dark Eyes

Directed by	Géza von Bolváry
Written by	Curth Flatow Bobby E. Lüthge
Produced by	Artur Brauner
Starring	Cornell Borchers Will Quadflieg Angelika Hauff
Cinematography	Herbert Körner
Edited by	Johanna Meisel
Music by	Frank Fox
Production company	CCC Film
Distributed by	Prisma Film
Release date	25 December 1951 (1951-12-25)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Dark Eyes (German: Schwarze Augen) is a 1951 German drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Cornell Borchers, Will Quadflieg, and Angelika Hauff. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt.

Synopsis

On the train from Nice to Vienna the violin virtuoso Fedor Varany meets Helene Samboni, the mistress of a wealthy businessman. He becomes fixated with her, begging her to leave both her lover and her estranged husband. She agrees to elope with him, but when her discarded lover is found dead, Varany becomes the prime suspect for his murder.

Cast

Cornell Borchers as Helene Samboni
Will Quadflieg as Fedor Varany
Angelika Hauff as Roszi
Georg Thomalla as McKing, Impresario
Peter Mosbacher as Samboni
Martin Held as Alexander Grabner
Hans Stiebner as Mitja
Jan Hendriks as Laszlo
Karl Meixner as von Pfandler
Kurt Vespermann as Zeidler
Rolf Weih as Schlafwagenschaffner
Franz Arzdorf as Kriminalkommissar Neudeck
Erwin Biegel
Joe Furtner as Geschäftsführer des Tanzlokals
Max Lammer as Nowak
Michael von Newlinsky as Schlafwagenschaffner
Rosita Serrano as La Cubanera
Karl Hellmer as Kriminalrat Klausnitzer
Georg Uka

References

Bock & Bergfelder, p. 51.

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

Dark Eyes at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Géza von Bolváry
The Way to the Light (1923) Girls You Don't Marry (1924) Reluctant Imposter (1925) The Royal Grenadiers (1925) Women Who Fall by the Wayside (1925) The Love of the Bajadere (1925) The Princess of the Riviera (1926) The Heart of a German Mother (1926) Fräulein Mama (1926) The Prisoners of Shanghai (1927) Ghost Train (1927) Artists (1928) Number 17 (1928) The Gallant Hussar (1928) Bright Eyes (1929) The Vagabond Queen (1929) The Wrecker (1929) My Daughter's Tutor (1929) Father and Son (1929) Delicatessen (1930) Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1930) A Tango for You (1930) A Gentleman for Hire (1930) The Song Is Ended (1930) The Merry Wives of Vienna (1931) The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931) I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are (1932) A Man with Heart (1932) What Women Dream (1933) The Castle in the South (1933) Dream Castle (1933) Romance in Budapest (1933) Scandal in Budapest (1933) Farewell Waltz (1934) Song of Farewell (1934) Spring Parade (1934) Stradivari (1935) Stradivarius (1935) Winter Night's Dream (1935) The Castle in Flanders (1936) Girls' Dormitory (1936) Harvest (1936) Lumpaci the Vagabond (1936) Premiere (1937) The Irresistible Man (1937) The Charm of La Boheme (1937) Mirror of Life (1938) Maria Ilona (1939) Between River and Steppe (1939) Flower of the Tisza (1939) Opera Ball (1939) Vienna Tales (1940) Roses in Tyrol (1940) Destiny (1942) A Man with Principles? (1943) Schrammeln (1944) Die Fledermaus (1946) Who Is This That I Love? (1950) Wedding Night in Paradise (1950) Dark Eyes (1951) My Wife Is Being Stupid (1952) Fritz and Friederike (1952) Once I Will Return (1953) The Daughter of the Regiment (1953) My Leopold (1955) Yes, Yes, Love in Tyrol (1955) Black Forest Melody (1956) Two Hearts in May (1957) It Happened Only Once (1958) A Song Goes Round the World (1958)

Films directed by Géza von Bolváry

The Way to the Light (1923)
Girls You Don't Marry (1924)
Reluctant Imposter (1925)
The Royal Grenadiers (1925)
Women Who Fall by the Wayside (1925)
The Love of the Bajadere (1925)
The Princess of the Riviera (1926)
The Heart of a German Mother (1926)
Fräulein Mama (1926)
The Prisoners of Shanghai (1927)
Ghost Train (1927)
Artists (1928)
Number 17 (1928)
The Gallant Hussar (1928)
Bright Eyes (1929)
The Vagabond Queen (1929)
The Wrecker (1929)
My Daughter's Tutor (1929)
Father and Son (1929)
Delicatessen (1930)
Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1930)
A Tango for You (1930)
A Gentleman for Hire (1930)
The Song Is Ended (1930)
The Merry Wives of Vienna (1931)
The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931)
I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are (1932)
A Man with Heart (1932)
What Women Dream (1933)
The Castle in the South (1933)
Dream Castle (1933)
Romance in Budapest (1933)
Scandal in Budapest (1933)
Farewell Waltz (1934)
Song of Farewell (1934)
Spring Parade (1934)
Stradivari (1935)
Stradivarius (1935)
Winter Night's Dream (1935)
The Castle in Flanders (1936)
Girls' Dormitory (1936)
Harvest (1936)
Lumpaci the Vagabond (1936)
Premiere (1937)
The Irresistible Man (1937)
The Charm of La Boheme (1937)
Mirror of Life (1938)
Maria Ilona (1939)
Between River and Steppe (1939)
Flower of the Tisza (1939)
Opera Ball (1939)
Vienna Tales (1940)
Roses in Tyrol (1940)
Destiny (1942)
A Man with Principles? (1943)
Schrammeln (1944)
Die Fledermaus (1946)
Who Is This That I Love? (1950)
Wedding Night in Paradise (1950)
Dark Eyes (1951)
My Wife Is Being Stupid (1952)
Fritz and Friederike (1952)
Once I Will Return (1953)
The Daughter of the Regiment (1953)
My Leopold (1955)
Yes, Yes, Love in Tyrol (1955)
Black Forest Melody (1956)
Two Hearts in May (1957)
It Happened Only Once (1958)
A Song Goes Round the World (1958)

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