A Life for Do

A Life for Do
German film poster
German	Ein Leben für Do
Directed by	Gustav Ucicky
Written by	Robert Pilchowski (novel) Kurt Heuser
Starring	Hans Söhnker Paola Loew Heidi Becker
Cinematography	Ekkehard Kyrath
Edited by	Carl Otto Bartning
Music by	Norbert Schultze
Production company	Capitol Film
Distributed by	Prisma Film
Release date	14 January 1954 (1954-01-14)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

A Life for Do (German: Ein Leben für Do) is a 1954 West German drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Hans Söhnker, Paola Loew and Heidi Becker. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location around Lucerne and Zürich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.

Plot

Do lives with her foster father on a farm in South Africa. Concerned that she is developing romantic feelings for him, he sends her away to school in Switzerland.

Cast

• Hans Söhnker as Thomas
• Paola Loew as Do
• Heidi Becker as Klein Do
• Charles Regnier as Maurice
• Renate Schacht as Vivian
• Gisela Trowe as Marguerite
• Michael Cramer as Konrad
• Paul Esser as Onkel Karl
• Erna Haffner as Tante Anni
• Brigitte Rau as Gritli
• Peter Mosbacher as Kapellmeister
• Maria Wimmer as Vera
• Iwa Wanja as Wirtin

External links

• A Life for Do at IMDb