The Woman in the Advocate's Gown

1929 film

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The Woman in the Advocate's Gown

German	Die Frau im Talar

Directed by	Adolf Trotz
Written by	David S. Arnesen Jane Bess
Based on	Frk. Statsadvokat (novel) by Peter Bendow [nn; no]
Starring	Aud Egede-Nissen Paul Richter Fritz Kortner Mona Mårtenson
Cinematography	Robert Lach Gunnar Nilsen-Vig
Production companies	Mondial-Film Norrøna Film
Distributed by	Mondial-Film
Release date	22 August 1929 (1929-08-22)
Countries	Norway Germany
Languages	Silent Norwegian / German intertitles

The Woman in the Advocate's Gown (German: Die Frau im Talar; Norwegian: Frøken Statsadvokat) is a 1929 Norwegian-German silent drama film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Aud Egede-Nissen, Paul Richter, and Fritz Kortner.^[1] The screenplay was based on Peter Bendow [nn; no]'s novel Frk. Statsadvokat, published in 1929.^[2] It was shot at the EFA Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Hans Jacoby.^[1]

Plot

A female lawyer commits suicide after discovering the forgery case she is prosecuting had been committed by her own father.^[3]

Cast

Aud Egede-Nissen as Jonne Holm
Paul Richter as Rolf Brönne
Fritz Kortner as Consul Backhaug
Mona Mårtenson as Agda, Rolf's cousin
Nikolai Malikoff as Wholesaler Holm
Wolfgang Zilzer as Leif Andersen
Synnøve Tessmann
Sigmund Ruud
Mildred Mehle
Ferdinand Bonn
Hugo Döblin
Hanni Reinwald

References

^ ^a ^b "Die Frau im Talar". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ Andersen, Per Thomas. "Peter Bendow". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ Prawer, Siegbert Salomon (2005). Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 88. ISBN 1845453034. JSTOR j.ctt9qd8qp.