House of Life

House of Life () is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Cornell Borchers and Edith Mill. The film's setting is a maternity hospital, portraying the stories of various staff and patients.

It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by Franz Bi and Botho Hoefer.

Cast

• Gustav Fröhlich as Dr. Peter Haidt
• Cornell Borchers as Dr. Elisabeth Keller
• Edith Mill as Oberschwester Hedwig
• Viktor Staal as Willi Kuschitzky
• Hansi Knoteck as Else Kuschitzky
• Judith Holzmeister as Inge Jolander
• Curd Jürgens as Axel Jolander
• Gertrud Kückelmann as Christine
• Edith Schultze-Westrum as Josepha Spratt
• Petra Unkel as Grit Harlacher
• Elfriede Kuzmany as Frau Frey
• Paula Braend as Frau Wilk
• Claire Reigbert as Schwester Sophie
• Franz Muxeneder as Hense
• Erich Ponto as Geheimrat Merk
• Hans Leibelt as Portier Kögl
• Joachim Brennecke as Kurt Baumann
• Karlheinz Böhm as Pit Harlacher
• Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Vater Harlacher
• Rudolf Schündler as Dr. Blümel
• Viktor Afritsch as Dr. Billich
• Fritz Rasp as Der Verführer

References

Bibliography

• Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

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