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Taiga
Directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Written by Herbert Reinecker
Produced by Utz Utermann
Starring
Cinematography Georg Krause
Edited by Margot von Schlieffen
Music by Christian Riss
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • 28 August 1958 (1958-08-28)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryWest Germany
Language German

Taiga is a 1958 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Hannes Messemer and Günter Pfitzmann. [1]

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Gottfried Will. The title refers to the taiga that covers much of Siberia.

Synopsis

After the Second World War a female Doctor tends to the German prisoners held in a camp in Siberia.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Frey p. 44

Bibliography

  • Frey, Mattias. Postwall German Cinema: History, Film History and Cinephilia. Berghahn Books, 2013.

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