The Glass Ball

1937 film

Albrecht Schoenhals
Sabine Peters
Hilde von Stolz

CinematographyE.W. FiedlerEdited byGottlieb MadlMusic byHans Carste

Production
company

Atalanta-Film

Distributed by

Bavaria Film
Kiba Filmverleih (Austria)

Release date

12 April 1937 (1937-04-12)

Running time

86 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageGerman

The Glass Ball (German: Die gläserne Kugel) is a 1937 German drama film directed by Peter Stanchina and starring Albrecht Schoenhals, Sabine Peters, and Hilde von Stolz.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Guelstorff and Hans Minzloff. Location shooting took place in Berlin and Vienna in late 1936.

Cast

Albrecht Schoenhals as Axel von Schack
Sabine Peters as Nelly, Artistin
Hilde von Stolz as Nina Sylten
Paul Henckels as Franz Sylten, später Trix
Theodor Loos as Dr. Sylten
Ernst Dumcke as Hofrat Dr. Hörnigger
Walter Steinbeck as Zirkusdirektor Lenz
Curt Lucas as Diener
Ernst Legal as Trödler
Karl Etlinger as Mr. Duval
Carl Auen as Untersuchungsrichter
Max Hochstetter as Kriminalkommissar Weidner
Fred Goebel as 2. Zirkusdirektor
Willi Stasser as Fred
Hans Hemes as Paul
Bruno Ziener as Juwelier
Otto Stoeckel as Notar

References

^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 193

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.