Before Sundown

Original title: Vor Sonnenuntergang

Duration: 103 min

Release date: 1956-07-06

IMDB

Based on a play by Gerhardt Hauptmann, the film details a bittersweet May-December romance between ageing Mathias Clausen and young, beautiful Inken Peters.

Drama

Vor Sonnenuntergang

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as Generaldirektor Mathias Clausen

Annemarie Düringer

Annemarie Düringer

as Inken Peters

as Erich Klamroth

Hannelore Schroth

Hannelore Schroth

as Ottilie Klamroth, geb. Clausen

Claus Biederstaedt

Claus Biederstaedt

as Egbert Clausen

as Bettina Clausen

as Wolfgang Clausen

as Paula Clausen, geb. Rübsamen

Wolfgang Preiss

Wolfgang Preiss

as Dr. Hahnefeld, Syndikus der Clausen-Werke

as Dr. Steynitz, Sanitätsrat

as Frau Peters, Inkens Mutter

Kurt Vespermann

Kurt Vespermann

as Wuttke, Fahrer bei Clausen

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Gottfried Reinhardt

Gottfried Reinhardt

Director of Photography

Werner Eisbrenner

Werner Eisbrenner

Wilhelm Sperber

Wilhelm Sperber

Executive Producer

Erwin Schänzle

Rolf Zehetbauer

Rolf Zehetbauer

Gerhart Hauptmann

Gerhart Hauptmann

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