Dorothea Angermann

Dorothea Angermann is a 1959 West German drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Bert Sotlar and Alfred Schieske.^[1] It was adapted from the play by Gerhart Hauptmann.

Dorothea Angermann
Directed by	Robert Siodmak
Written by	Gerhart Hauptmann (play) Herbert Reinecker
Produced by	Utz Utermann
Starring	Ruth Leuwerik Bert Sotlar Alfred Schieske
Cinematography	Georg Krause
Edited by	Walter Boos
Music by	Siegfried Franz
Production company	Divina-Film
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	22 January 1959 (1959-01-22)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Stratil.

Plot

Dorothea Angermann, the daughter of a clergyman, is accused of the murder of her husband, a brutal man that she was obliged to marry because she was pregnant and he was the father of the baby.

Cast

• Ruth Leuwerik as Dorothea Angermann
• Bert Sotlar as Michael Sever
• Alfred Schieske as Pastor Angermann
• Kurt Meisel as Mario Malloneck
• Edith Schultze-Westrum as Frau Lüders
• Alfred Balthoff as Weiss
• Monika John as Rosa
• Ursula Herwig as Irene
• Ernst Konstantin as Gerichtsvorsitzender
• Holger Hagen as Defense lawyer
• Heliane Bei as Wally
• Claudia Gerstäcker as Irmgard
• Wilmut Borell as Prosecutor
• Walter Sedlmayr as Willi
• Karl Lieffen