Before Sundown

Before Sundown is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt and starring Hans Albers, Annemarie Düringer and Martin Held. At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Golden Bear (Audience award). It was adapted from the classic play of the same title by Gerhart Hauptmann. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Vienna and the Swiss resort town St. Moritz. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Peter Röhrig and Rolf Zehetbauer. Cast Hans Albers as Generaldirektor Mathias Clausen Annemarie Düringer as Inken Peters Martin Held as Erich Klamroth Claus Biederstaedt as Egbert Clausen Hannelore Schroth as Ottilie Klamroth, geb. Clausen Erich Schellow as Wolfgang Clausen Maria Becker as Bettina Clausen Johanna Hofer as Frau Peters, Inkens Mutter Inge Langen as Paula Clausen, geb. Rübsamen Hans Nielsen as Dr. Steynitz, Sanitätsrat Reginald Pasch as Diener Wolfgang Preiss as Dr. Hahnefeld, Syndikus der Clausen-Werke Kurt Vespermann as Wuttke, Fahrer bei Clausen Franz Weber as Gärtner References