Ave Maria (1953 film)

Ave Maria is a 1953 West German drama film directed by Alfred Braun and starring Zarah Leander, Hans Stüwe and Marianne Hold.^[1] It was part of the post-war comeback of Swedish-born Leander who had been one of the biggest German stars of the Nazi era.

Ave Maria
Directed by	Alfred Braun
Written by	Harald Braun Wolf Neumeister Hans Wendel
Produced by	Ilse Kubaschewski Walter Traut
Starring	Zarah Leander Hans Stüwe Marianne Hold
Cinematography	Hans Graf Werner Krien
Edited by	Erwin Marno
Music by	Franz Grothe
Production company	Divina-Film
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	8 September 1953 (1953-09-08)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Location filming took place in Hamburg, Finland and the Starnberger See.

Cast

• Zarah Leander as Karin Twerdy aka Maria Talland
• Hans Stüwe as Dietrich Gontard
• Marianne Hold as Daniela Twerdy
• Hilde Körber as Schwester Benedikta
• Carl Wery as Dr. Melartin
• Ingrid Pan as Christa Gontard
• Hans Henn as Thomas Gontard
• Hedwig Wangel as Die Oberin
• Charlotte Scheier-Herold as Schwester Luitgard
• Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Dr. Rieser
• Josef Sieber as Conny
• Hans Stiebner as Hanke
• Berta Drews as Kerstin Melartin
• Elisabeth Wendt as Lisa Nilsson
• Etta Braun as Selma
• Zita Uhl as Schwester Beata
• Ingeborg von Freyberg as Schwester Gundula
• Alfred Braun
• Nikolaus Ellin
• Maria Offermanns
• Bertha Picard as Schwester Ursula
• Ernst Rotmund
• Elisabeth Wardt