Dreaming Lips (1932 film)

Dreaming Lips (German: Der träumende Mund) is a 1932 French-German drama film directed by Paul Czinner^[1] and starring Elisabeth Bergner, Rudolf Forster and Anton Edthofer. The film is based on the play Mélo by Henri Bernstein.^[2][3] As was common at the time, the film was a co-production with a separate French-language version Mélo [fr] made.^[4]

Dreaming Lips
German	Der träumende Mund
Directed by	Paul Czinner
Written by	Carl Mayer Paul Czinner
Based on	Mélo by Henri Bernstein
Produced by	Marcel Hellman
Starring	Elisabeth Bergner Rudolf Forster Anton Edthofer Margarethe Hruby
Cinematography	Jules Kruger René Ribault
Edited by	Erich Schmidt
Production companies	Pathé-Natan Matador-Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	13 September 1932 (1932-09-13)
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	France Germany
Language	German

After Bergner and Czinner went into exile in Britain following the Nazi takeover, they remade the film in 1937. A further German remake was released in 1953, starring Maria Schell.^[5]

Cast

• Elisabeth Bergner as Gaby
• Rudolf Forster as Michael Marsden
• Anton Edthofer as Peter
• Margarethe Hruby as Christine
• Jaro Fürth as Arzt
• Peter Kroger as Kind
• Karl Hannemann as Impresario
• Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Polizist
• Werner Pledath
• Gustav Püttjer
• Willi Schur