Aurora Marriage Bureau
1962 film
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Aurora Marriage Bureau (German: Eheinstitut Aurora) is a 1962 West German mystery crime film directed by Wolfgang Schleif and starring Eva Bartok, Carlos Thompson and Elisabeth Flickenschildt.[1][2] It is based on the novel of the same title by Hans-Ulrich Horster.[3] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Hennings, Ellen Schmidt and Mathias Matthies.
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| Directed by | Wolfgang Schleif |
| Written by | Walter Forster |
| Based on | Aurora Marriage Bureau by Hans-Ulrich Horster |
| Produced by | Kurt Ulrich |
| Starring | Eva Bartok Carlos Thompson Elisabeth Flickenschildt |
| Cinematography | Friedl Behn-Grund |
| Edited by | Ira Oberberg |
| Music by | Peter Sandloff |
Production company | Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion |
| Distributed by | Nora-Filmverleih |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Synopsis
Eva Horn has spent several years in prison for murdering her wealthy industrialist husband. Still protesting her innocence, her lawyer secures her a release of one week to try and find the real killer. Her investigations take her to an outwardly respectable marriage bureau in Berlin which is actually a front for a shady blackmailing ring run by a fraudulent baroness.
Cast
- Eva Bartok as Eva Horn
- Carlos Thompson as Christinow Tomkin
- Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Hortense Edle von Padula
- Claus Holm as Arnold Lewandowski
- Hans Nielsen as Dr. Burgmüller, Anwalt
- Ina Duscha as Lore Karmann
- Rainer Brandt as Friedrich - Sohn
- Rudolf Vogel as Graf Hohenperg
- Ljuba Welitsch as Mrs. Pearl
- Albert Bessler as Charles, Diener
- Ruth Nimbach as Fräulein Stadlmeier
- Walter Gross as Herr Bolwieser
- Carsta Löck as Zenzi, Hausmädchen
