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The Eternal Mask

Directed by	Werner Hochbaum
Written by	Leo Lapaire (novel) Werner Hochbaum
Starring	Peter Petersen Mathias Wieman Franz Schafheitlin Tom Kraa
Cinematography	Oskar Schnirch
Edited by	Else Baum
Music by	Anton Profes
Production company	Progress Film
Distributed by	Arthur Mayer & Joseph Burstyn (US)
Release dates	26 August 1935 (1935-08-26) (Wien) 12 January 1937 (1937-01-12) (US)
Running time	85 minutes
Countries	Austria Switzerland
Language	German

The Eternal Mask (German: Die ewige Maske) is a 1935 Austrian-Swiss drama film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Peter Petersen, Mathias Wieman and Franz Schafheitlin. The film was amongst the best ten foreign films of the year judged by the 1937 American National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. It also ran in competition at the 3rd Venice International Film Festival.

Cast

Peter Petersen as Professor Tscherko
Mathias Wieman as Dr. Dumartin
Franz Schafheitlin as Monsieur Negar
Tom Kraa as Dr. Wendt
Thekla Ahrens as Sister Anna
Olga Chekhova as Madame Negar
Karl Skraup as Le gardien

Bibliography

Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa story: a history of Germany's greatest film company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.

External links

The Eternal Mask at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Werner Hochbaum
Brothers (1929) Raid in St. Pauli (1932) Judgment of Lake Balaton (1933) Life Begins Tomorrow (1933) Tugboat M 17 (1933) The Eternal Mask (1935) Suburban Cabaret (1935) Light Cavalry (1935, French) Light Cavalry (1935, German) Shadows of the Past (1936) The Empress's Favourite (1936) Hannerl and Her Lovers (1936) Talking About Jacqueline (1937) A Girl Goes Ashore (1938)

Films directed by Werner Hochbaum

Brothers (1929)
Raid in St. Pauli (1932)
Judgment of Lake Balaton (1933)
Life Begins Tomorrow (1933)
Tugboat M 17 (1933)
The Eternal Mask (1935)
Suburban Cabaret (1935)
Light Cavalry (1935, French)
Light Cavalry (1935, German)
Shadows of the Past (1936)
The Empress's Favourite (1936)
Hannerl and Her Lovers (1936)
Talking About Jacqueline (1937)
A Girl Goes Ashore (1938)

v t e National Board of Review Award for Best International Film
1934–1950	Man of Aran (1934) No Award (1935) Carnival in Flanders (1936) The Eternal Mask (1937) La Grande Illusion (1938) Port of Shadows (1939) The Baker's Wife (1940) Pépé le Moko (1941) No Award (1942–1949) The Titan (1950)
1951–1975	Rashomon (1951) The Sound Barrier (1952) A Queen Is Crowned (1953) Romeo and Juliet (1954) The Prisoner (1955) The Silent World (1956) Ordet (1957) Pather Panchali (1958) Wild Strawberries (1959) The World of Apu (1960) Die Brücke (1961) Sundays and Cybèle (1962) 8½ (1963) World Without Sun (1964) Juliet of the Spirits (1965) The Sleeping Car Murders (1966) Elvira Madigan (1967) War and Peace (1968) Shame (1969) The Wild Child (1970) Claire's Knee (1971) The Sorrow and the Pity (1972) Cries and Whispers (1973) Amarcord (1974) The Story of Adele H. (1975)
1976–2000	The Marquise of O (1976) That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) Autumn Sonata (1978) La Cage aux Folles (1979) The Tin Drum (1980) A Few Days from the Life of I. I. Oblomov (1981) Mephisto (1982) Fanny and Alexander (1983) A Sunday in the Country (1984) Ran (1985) Otello (1986) Jean de Florette / Manon des Sources (1987) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) Story of Women (1989) Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) Europa Europa (1991) Indochine (1992) Farewell My Concubine (1993) Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) Shanghai Triad (1995) Ridicule (1996) Shall We Dance? (1997) Central Station (1998) All About My Mother (1999) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
2001–present	Amores perros (2001) Talk to Her (2002) The Barbarian Invasions (2003) The Sea Inside (2004) Paradise Now (2005) Volver (2006) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) Mongol (2008) A Prophet (2009) Of Gods and Men (2010) A Separation (2011) Amour (2012) The Past (2013) Wild Tales (2014) Son of Saul (2015) The Salesman (2016) Foxtrot (2017) Cold War (2018) Parasite (2019) La Llorona (2020) A Hero (2021) Close (2022) Anatomy of a Fall (2023) The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)

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