Ballerina (1956)
Bettina Sanden, a solo dancer at the opera, falls ill with polio. The chances of a cure look rather slim.
Director:
G.W. Pabst
Writers:
Friedrich Dammann, Werner P. Zibaso.
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Willy Birgel as Professor Förster |
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Elisabeth Müller as Bettina Sanden |
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Ivan Desny as Kostja Tomkoff, Choreograph |
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Carl Wery as Dr. Brinkmann |
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Erich Ponto as Schimanski |
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Leonard Steckel as Opernintendant |
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Eva Kerbler as Irene Gerwig |
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Hermann Speelmans as Herr Kalborn |
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Ellen Frank as |
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Heino Hallhuber as |
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Jaspar von Oertzen as |
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Edward Tierney as |
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Johannes Buzalski as Arzt |
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Maxim Hamel as |
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Elisabeth Wischert as |
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Liselotte Berker as |
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Ursula Wolff as |
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Art Blakey as Jazzmusiker |
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Gusti Kreissl as |
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Fritz Lafontaine as |
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Pia von Rüden as |
| Directing | G.W. Pabst | Director |
| Writing | Friedrich Dammann | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Arthur Schramm | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Teddy Turai | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Klara Kraft | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Klaus Stapenhorst | Producer |
| Production | Günther Stapenhorst | Producer |
| Sound | Herbert Windt | Music |
| Art | Hertha Hareiter | Art Direction |
| Sound | Carl Becker | Sound Designer |
| Art | Otto Pischinger | Art Direction |
| Writing | Werner P. Zibaso | Screenplay |
| Editing | Lilian Seng | Editor |
| Camera | Franz Koch | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Peter Pabst | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Franz Hofer | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Alan Carter | Choreographer |
| Sound | Maurice Ravel | Music |
| Sound | Kurt Graunke | Conductor |
| Production | Gustl Gotzler | Production Manager |
| Production | Ferdinand von Kerssenbrock | Production Manager |
| Sound | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Music |