I Am a Camera (1955)
Just before the Nazis ascend to power in Berlin, Chris, an aspiring novelist from England, meets flamboyant cabaret entertainer Sally Bowles and an unusual friendship is born. As Sally feeds her extravagant tastes, Chris goes along for the ride, until their Jewish pal, Fritz, encounters trouble.
Director:
Henry Cornelius
Writer:
John Collier
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Julie Harris as Sally Bowles |
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Laurence Harvey as Christopher Isherwood |
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Shelley Winters as Natalia Landauer |
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Ron Randell as Clive Mortimer |
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Lea Seidl as Fräulein Schneider |
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Anton Diffring as Fritz Wendel |
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Jean Gargoet as Pierre |
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Ina De La Haye as Herr Landauer |
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Stanley Maxted as Curtis B. Ryland |
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Frederick Valk as Doctor |
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Tutte Lemkow as Electro-Therapist |
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Patrick McGoohan as Swedish Water Therapist |
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Julia Arnall as Model |
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Harold Siddons as Editor at Party |
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Philip Morant as Editor at Party |
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Jack Healy as Clive (uncredited) |
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Don Koll as Ticket Clerk (uncredited) |
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Gareth Tandy as Boy Finding Sally's Shoe (uncredited) |
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Richard Wattis as Bespectacled Man at Book Launch (uncredited) |
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Clifford A. Pellow as Turk (uncredited) |
| Directing | Henry Cornelius | Director |
| Production | John Woolf | Producer |
| Writing | John Collier | Screenplay |
| Writing | John Van Druten | Theatre Play |
| Camera | Guy Green | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Malcolm Arnold | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Clive Donner | Editor |
| Writing | Christopher Isherwood | Novel |
| Writing | Paul Dehn | Lyricist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ernest Gasser | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Muir Mathieson | Music Director |
| Production | Erica Masters | Production Manager |
| Production | Leigh Aman | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julia Squire | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ida Mills | Hairdresser |
| Sound | W. H. Lindop | Sound Recordist |
| Art | William Kellner | Art Direction |
| Sound | E. Law | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Daphne Frampton | Continuity |
| Camera | Norman Warwick | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Ralph Maria Siegel | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Jack Clayton | Associate Producer |
| Directing | James H. Ware | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rahvis | Costume Designer |