Artists' Blood

1949 film

Ellen Fechner
Peter Hamel
Wolfgang Wehrum

Starring

Hans Richter
Dorit Kreysler
Fritz Odemar

Cinematography

Kurt Hasse
Reimar Kuntze

Edited byWolfgang WehrumMusic byLotar Olias

Production
companies

Komet-Film-Compagnie
Ondia-Filmproduktion

Distributed byRing-Film

Release date

26 August 1949 (1949-08-26)

Running time

96 minutesCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman

Artists' Blood (German: Artistenblut) is a 1949 West German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Wehrum and starring Hans Richter, Dorit Kreysler and Fritz Odemar.^[1] It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in mountain resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Carl Ludwig Kirmse.

Synopsis

A successful clown wants to marry the daughter of a factory owner, but his prospective father-in-law doesn't want a circus performer in the family and insists that he takes a job at the factor. With a heavy heart he agrees, but then discovering a doppelganger her persuades him to take his place. Confusion soon arises between them.