Licht im Dunkel (1962)
Die Eltern der blinden und taubstummen Helen Keller wissen sich nicht mehr zu helfen. Ihre Tochter versteht ihre Welt einfach nicht und randaliert und terrorisiert ihre Mitmenschen die meiste Zeit des Tages. Aus Verzweiflung holen die Kellers schließlich die Lehrerin Annie Sullivan in ihr Haus, in der Hoffnung, so dem benachteiligten Kind etwas beibringen zu können. Die ebenfalls blinde Frau nimmt den Kampf mit dem Teenager auf …
Der Regisseur:
Arthur Penn
Der Autor:
William Gibson
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Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan |
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Patty Duke as Helen Keller |
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Victor Jory as Captain Arthur Keller |
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Inga Swenson as Kate Keller |
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Andrew Prine as James Keller |
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Kathleen Comegys as Aunt Ev |
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John Bliss as Admissions Officer (uncredited) |
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Grant Code as Doctor (uncredited) |
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Michele Farr as Annie at Age 10 (uncredited) |
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Jack Hollander as Mr. Anagnos of Perkins School in Boston (uncredited) |
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Alan Howard as Jimmie at Age 8 (uncredited) |
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Judith Lowry as 1st Crone (uncredited) |
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William F. Haddock as 2nd Crone (uncredited) |
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Helen Ludlam as 3rd Crone (uncredited) |
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Beah Richards as Viney (uncredited) |
| Production | Fred Coe | Producer |
| Writing | William Gibson | Screenplay |
| Writing | William Gibson | Theatre Play |
| Directing | Arthur Penn | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Herman Buchman | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Larry Sturhahn | Assistant Director |
| Production | David Golden | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruth Morley | Costume Design |
| Art | George Jenkins | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ed Callaghan | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Ulu Grosbard | Assistant Director |
| Production | Harrison Starr | Production Manager |
| Camera | Ernesto Caparrós | Director of Photography |
| Art | Mel Bourne | Assistant Art Director |
| Editing | Aram Avakian | Editor |
| Sound | Dick Vorisek | Sound |
| Camera | Tom Volpe | Grip |
| Directing | Maggie James | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Gene Lasko | Other |
| Sound | Hugh A. Robertson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Edward Beyer | Music Editor |
| Sound | Arthur Weisberg | Musician |
| Sound | Gloria Agostini | Musician |
| Sound | Lenny Hambro | Musician |
| Camera | Jack Horton | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Laurence Rosenthal | Conductor |
| Sound | Loren Glickman | Musician |
| Sound | Matthew Raimondi | Musician |
| Sound | Walter Trampler | Musician |
| Sound | Emil Kolisch | Sound |
| Sound | David Nadien | Musician |
| Sound | Laurence Rosenthal | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Jacob Krachmalnick | Musician |
| Sound | Norman Carr | Musician |
| Sound | Sam Levitan | Musician |
| Sound | Charles Libove | Musician |
| Sound | Herbert J. Harris | Musician |
| Camera | Tom Volpe | Dolly Grip |
| Sound | Seymour Barab | Musician |
| Writing | Helen Keller | Book |
| Sound | Laurence Rosenthal | Original Music Composer |