The Last Illusion

StarringCinematographyWerner KrienEdited byWolfgang BeckerMusic byGeorg HaentzschelDistributed bySchorcht Filmverleih100 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageGerman

The Last Illusion (German: Der Ruf) is a 1949 German drama film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Fritz Kortner, Johanna Hofer and Lina Carstens.^[1] It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Lück, Fritz Maurischat and Hans Sohnle.

Synopsis

A Jewish university professor returns from exile following the end of the Second World War. His hopes of rebuilding a new Germany are undermined by the continuing antisemitism of his colleagues and students.

Cast

• Fritz Kortner as Professor Mauthner
• Johanna Hofer as Lina
• Rosemary Murphy as Mary
• Lina Carstens as Emma
• William Sinnigen as Elliot
• Michael Murphy as Spencer
• Ernst Schröder as Walter
• Paul Hoffmann as Fechner
• Arno Assmann as Kurt
• Charles Régnier as Bertram
• Alwin Edwards as Homer
• Harald Mannl as Fraenkl
• Friedrich Domin as Professor Helfert
• Hans Clarin
• Angelika Schrobsdorff
• Heinz Thiele

References

Bibliography

• Hake, Sabine. German National Cinema. Routledge, 2002.

External links

• The Last Illusion at IMDb