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1954 West German drama film

A Life for Do
German film poster

German	Ein Leben für Do

Directed by	Gustav Ucicky
Written by	Robert Pilchowski (novel) Kurt Heuser
Starring	Hans Söhnker Paola Loew Heidi Becker
Cinematography	Ekkehard Kyrath
Edited by	Carl Otto Bartning
Music by	Norbert Schultze
Production company	Capitol Film
Distributed by	Prisma Film
Release date	14 January 1954 (1954-01-14)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

A Life for Do (German: Ein Leben für Do) is a 1954 West German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Hans Söhnker, Paola Loew and Heidi Becker. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location around Lucerne and Zürich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.

Plot

Do lives with her foster father on a farm in South Africa. Concerned that she is developing romantic feelings for him, he sends her away to school in Switzerland.

Cast

Hans Söhnker as Thomas
Paola Loew as Do
Heidi Becker as Klein Do
Charles Regnier as Maurice
Renate Schacht as Vivian
Gisela Trowe as Marguerite
Michael Cramer as Konrad
Paul Esser as Onkel Karl
Erna Haffner as Tante Anni
Brigitte Rau as Gritli
Peter Mosbacher as Kapellmeister
Maria Wimmer as Vera
Iwa Wanja as Wirtin

References

Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 838. ISBN 3598114923.

External links

A Life for Do at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Gustav Ucicky
Die Pratermizzi (1926) Café Elektric (1927) A Better Master (1928) Restless Hearts (1928) The Convict from Istanbul (1929) The Flute Concert of Sanssouci (1930) Hocuspocus (1930) The Temporary Widow (1930) Yorck (1931) In the Employ of the Secret Service (1931) Man Without a Name (1932) Morgenrot (1933) Refugees (1933) At the End of the World (1934) The Young Baron Neuhaus (1934) Night in May (1934) Joan of Arc (1935) Under Blazing Heavens (1936) Savoy Hotel 217 (1936) The Broken Jug (1937) Frau Sixta (1938) Uproar in Damascus (1939) A Mother's Love (1939) Der Postmeister (1940) Heimkehr (1941) Late Love (1943) The Heart Must Be Silent (1944) After the Storm (1948) Cordula (1950) The Chaplain of San Lorenzo (1953) The Witch (1954) A Life for Do (1954) The Hunter of Fall (1956) The Saint and Her Fool (1957) The Priest and the Girl (1958) The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1958) The Inheritance of Bjorndal (1960)

Films directed by Gustav Ucicky

Die Pratermizzi (1926)
Café Elektric (1927)
A Better Master (1928)
Restless Hearts (1928)
The Convict from Istanbul (1929)
The Flute Concert of Sanssouci (1930)
Hocuspocus (1930)
The Temporary Widow (1930)
Yorck (1931)
In the Employ of the Secret Service (1931)
Man Without a Name (1932)
Morgenrot (1933)
Refugees (1933)
At the End of the World (1934)
The Young Baron Neuhaus (1934)
Night in May (1934)
Joan of Arc (1935)
Under Blazing Heavens (1936)
Savoy Hotel 217 (1936)
The Broken Jug (1937)
Frau Sixta (1938)
Uproar in Damascus (1939)
A Mother's Love (1939)
Der Postmeister (1940)
Heimkehr (1941)
Late Love (1943)
The Heart Must Be Silent (1944)
After the Storm (1948)
Cordula (1950)
The Chaplain of San Lorenzo (1953)
The Witch (1954)
A Life for Do (1954)
The Hunter of Fall (1956)
The Saint and Her Fool (1957)
The Priest and the Girl (1958)
The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1958)
The Inheritance of Bjorndal (1960)

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