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The Golden Plague (1954 film)

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The Golden Plague
German film poster
GermanDie goldene Pest
Directed byJohn Brahm
Written by
Produced byGerhard T. Buchholz
Walter Guse
Starring
CinematographyKlaus von Rautenfeld
Edited byWalter Boos
Wolfgang Flaum
Music byHans-Martin Majewski
Production
company
Occident Film
Distributed byAllianz Filmverleih
Release date
  • 30 December 1954 (1954-12-30)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Golden Plague (German: Die goldene Pest) is a 1954 West German drama film directed by John Brahm and starring Ivan Desny, Karlheinz Böhm, and Gertrud Kückelmann.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Bütow. Location shooting took place in Dotzheim and Kaiserslautern.

Plot

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Ivan Desny plays a disillusioned exile returning to Germany from the United States. The film centers around drug trafficking and the black market.[1][2]

Cast

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Reception

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References

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  1. ^ a b Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. p. 306. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.
  2. ^ Kapczynski, Jennifer M.; Richardson, Michael D., eds. (2014) [2012]. A New History of German Cinema. Rochester, NY: Camden House. ISBN 978-1-57113-595-7.
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