Search for Majora

Search for Majora
Directed byHermann Pfeiffer
Written byTheo Rausch
Produced byFranz Vogel
Starring
CinematographyBruno Timm
Edited byAlexandra Anatra
Music byWerner Bochmann
Production
company
Euphono-Film
Distributed byPanorama-Film
Release date
  • 2 September 1949 (1949-09-02)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Search for Majora (German: Gesucht wird Majora) is a 1949 West German crime film directed by Hermann Pfeiffer and starring Lotte Koch, Hermann Speelmans and Camilla Horn.[1] It was shot at the Euphono Studios in Düsseldorf and on location around the city and its vicinity, including at Burg Castle. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Bütow.[2]

Synopsis

Two returning prisoners of war attempt to find and deliver the formula for a revolutionary new synthetic fibre called Majora to the widow of the inventor, Professor Otto who told them its hidden whereabouts shortly before dying in a prisoner of war camp. They soon find a number of different figures on their trail including criminals and foreign spies.

Cast

References

Bibliography

  • Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.


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