Portrait of an Unknown Woman (film)

Portrait of an Unknown Woman (German: Bildnis einer Unbekannten) is a 1954 West German comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Ruth Leuwerik, O. W. Fischer and Irene von Meyendorff.^[1][2][3] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Madrid and Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ludwig Reiber and Max Seefelder.

Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Directed by	Helmut Käutner
Written by	Hans Jacoby Helmut Käutner
Produced by	Herbert Junghans Utz Utermann
Starring	Ruth Leuwerik O. W. Fischer Irene von Meyendorff
Cinematography	Werner Krien
Edited by	Anneliese Schönnenbeck
Music by	Franz Grothe
Production company	Sirius-Film
Distributed by	Schorcht Filmverleih
Release date	27 August 1954 (1954-08-27)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Synopsis

A potential scandal breaks out when an artist adds the head of the wife of a diplomat to a nude painting he is working on.

Cast

• Ruth Leuwerik as Nicole
• O. W. Fischer as Jan Maria Keller
• Erich Schellow as Walter
• Irene von Meyendorff as Ambassador's Wife
• Albrecht Schoenhals as Ambassador
• Paul Hoffmann as Philip Hernandez
• Bum Krüger as Bar Owner
• Ulrich Beiger as Auctioneer
• Nicolas Koline as Sascha
• Ingrid van Bergen as Jacqueline, a model