Nora (1944)

Directed by: Harald Braun

Written by: Henrik Ibsen (play), Jacob Geis and Harald Braun

Produced by: Fritz Thiery

Cinematography: Franz Weihmayr

Edited by: Walter Wischniewsky

Music by: Mark Lothar

Production company: UFA

Distributed by: Deutsche Filmvertriebs

Release date: 14 February 1944

Running time: 101 minutes

Country: Germany

Language: German

 

Starring:

 

Luise Ullrich: Nora Helmer

Viktor Staal: Dr Robert Helmer

Franziska Kinz: Helene Helmer

Gustav Diessl: Dr Rank

Carl Kuhlmann: John Brack

Ursula Herking: Alvine Tönnesen

Eberhard Leithoff: Fritz Tönnesen

Albert Florath: Servant in Nora's parents' house

Karl Günther: District Administrator von Schwartze

Ernst Waldow: Mayor Krüger

Sonja Kuska: Mrs Krüger

Erwin Biegel: Medical Councillor Roselius

Bruno Hübner: Labsaal, factotum with Brack

Maria Litto: Fanny, maid

Karl Hellmer: Kruse, bank servant

Clemens Hasse: Secretary Dr Helmers

Georg H. Schnell: Bank president

Fanny Cotta: Mrs von Schwartze

 

Plot summary

 

Nora is a 1944 German drama film directed by Harald Braun and starring Luise Ullrich, Viktor Staal and Franziska Kinz. The film is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House. The film uses Ibsen's alternate ending where the unhappy couple are reconciled at the end. Location shooting took place around Park Glienicke in Berlin and along the North Sea coast, particularly around Husum. The sets were designed by art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.