The Chaplain of San Lorenzo (1953)
Verona in the 1950s. Don Stefano, the chaplain of San Lorenzo, was once a passionate race car driver and tennis player. Deeply affected by his wartime experiences, he decided to become a priest. He has given up racing, but now and then he still plays a game of tennis, preferably with the wealthy art dealer Catani, whose family he is friends with and in whose home he is a frequent guest. His connections to the Catanis have also enabled Don Stefano to place his protégé, Gilda, a young girl in need, with them as a housekeeper. However, Signora Catani gradually becomes suspicious of the fact that Gilda wears a new yellow rose on her dress every day. She believes the girl receives the flowers from her husband; that he is her secret lover. This leads not only to a heated argument between the couple but also to a confrontation between the lady of the house and the maid.
Director: Gustav Ucicky
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Willy Birgel as Catani |
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Dieter Borsche as Don Stefano |
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Gertrud Kückelmann as Gilda |
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Ilse Steppat as Isabella Catani |
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Margarete Haagen as Constanza |
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Charles Regnier as Kriminalkommissar Morro |
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Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Staatsanwalt |
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Harald Mannl as Dr.Bracca |
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Walter Janssen as Gerichtsvorsitzender |
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Hans Pössenbacher as Como |
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Grete Reinwald as Tami |
| Directing | Gustav Ucicky | Director |
| Writing | Kurt E. Walter | Writer |
| Editing | Walter Fredersdorf | Editor |
| Art | Robert Herlth | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elfriede Czerny | Costume Design |
| Camera | Georg Bruckbauer | Director of Photography |
| Production | Kurt E. Walter | Producer |
| Art | Gottfried Will | Production Design |
| Directing | Zlata Mehlers | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Hans-Otto Borgmann | Original Music Composer |