Under the Thousand Lanterns

Under the Thousand Lanterns (German: Unter den tausend Laternen) is a 1952 French-West German crime film directed by Erich Engel and starring Michel Auclair, Gisela Trowe, and Hanna Rucker.^[1] It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] It was made by Real Film at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff.

Under the Thousand Lanterns
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Directed by	Erich Engel
Written by	Erich Engel Robert Gilbert (novel) Robert A. Stemmle
Produced by	Walter Koppel Gyula Trebitsch
Starring	Michel Auclair Gisela Trowe Hanna Rucker
Cinematography	Ekkehard Kyrath
Edited by	Klaus Dudenhöfer
Music by	Michael Jary
Production company	Real Film
Distributed by	Allianz Filmverleih
Release date	10 April 1952 (1952-04-10)
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	France West Germany
Language	German

Synopsis

Singer Elisa visits the house of the composer of the new revue she is to star in, only to find his dead body. Suspicions fall on several of the murdered man's colleagues including French musician Michel Dumas, whose compositions the deceased had been passing off his as his own, as well as on Elisa herself.

Cast

• Michel Auclair as Michel Dumas
• Gisela Trowe as Betty
• Hanna Rucker as Elisa
• Inge Meysel as Auguste
• René Deltgen as Kommissar Dr. Hennings
• Willy Maertens as Mahnke, Gerichtsvollzieher
• Ernst Schröder as Braun
• Carl-Heinz Schroth as Lüders, Theaterdirektor
• Joseph Offenbach as Taxichauffeur
• Carl Voscherau as Protokollführer
• Katharina Brauren as Lissy, Garderobiere