Taiga (1958 film)

Taiga is a 1958 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Hannes Messemer and Günter Pfitzmann.[1]

Taiga
Directed byWolfgang Liebeneiner
Written byHerbert Reinecker
Produced byUtz Utermann
Starring
CinematographyGeorg Krause
Edited byMargot von Schlieffen
Music byChristian Riss
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
28 August 1958
Running time
100 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Gottfried Will. The title refers to the taiga that covers much of Siberia.

Synopsis

After the Second World War a female Doctor tends to the German prisoners held in a camp in Siberia.

Cast

References

  1. Frey p. 44

Bibliography

  • Frey, Mattias. Postwall German Cinema: History, Film History and Cinephilia. Berghahn Books, 2013.


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