King of Hearts | |
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Directed by | Helmut Weiss |
Produced by |
Artur Brauner Günter Regenberg |
Written by | Helmut Weiss (play) |
Starring |
Hans Nielsen Aribert Wäscher Sonja Ziemann |
Music by | Gerhard Winkler |
Cinematography | Robert Baberske |
Edited by | Walter Wischniewsky |
Production
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Distributed by | Internationale Filmallianz Lloyd-Filmverleih DEFA (Soviet zone) |
Release date
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25 August 1947 |
Running time
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88 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
King of Hearts (German: Herzkönig) is a 1947 German comedy film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Hans Nielsen, Aribert Wäscher, and Sonja Ziemann.
The film was the first production of Artur Brauner's CCC Films, which would develop into a leading company in West German cinema. It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Albrecht.
In the Soviet Zone of Germany, it was released by the state-owned company DEFA.