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Enemy of Women. D: Zeisler [US, 1944]

ID

FBW000030      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1944

Original Title

Enemy of Women

Other Title(s)

Mad Lover / Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels / The Private Life of Joseph Paul Goebbels / The Loves of Dr. Goebbels

Directed by

Alfred Zeisler

Produced by

W.R. Frank Productions, Los Angeles, CA; for Monogram Pictures Corporation, Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Wilfred R. Frank; Associate producer: Fred W. Kane; Production manager: Bartlett A. Carré; Production assistance: Marshall Edson; Assistent director: Barton Adams; Script: Herbert O. Phillips, Alfred Zeisler; Dialogues: Elizabeth Perdix (Additional Dialogue); Camera: John Alton; Editing: Douglas W. Bagier; Sound: William H. Lynch; Art direction: Stanley Fleischer, Dave Milton; Set decoration: Glenn P. Thompson; Costumes: Kay West; Makeup: Ted Larsen; Haidressing: Scotty Rackin; Musical direction: Arthur Guttmann

Cast

Claudia Drake (Maria Brandt); Wolfgang Zilzer (als: Paul Andor) (Joseph Goebbels); Donald Woods (Dr. Hans Traeger); H.B. Warner (Col. Brandt); Sigrid Gurie (Magda Quandt); Ralph Morgan (Mr. Quandt); Gloria Stuart (Bertha); Robert H. Barrat (Wallburg); Beryl Wallace (Jenny Hartman); Byron Foulger (Krause); Lester Dorr (Hanussen); Crane Whitley (Hanke); Charles Halton (Onkel Hugo); Marin Sais (Mrs. Bendler); Harry Tenbrook (Gestapo Man); Gene Stutenroth (Gestapo Man); Emmett Vogan; Douglas Fowley; Erskine Sanford; Reid Kilpatrick; Jerry Michelsen; Erskine Johnson; Walter Brooke; Stephen Roberts; Dell Henderson; Kalina Zarova; George Meader; Howard Johnson

Length

86'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 11 Apr 1944: Release date, New York, NY
- 21 Aug 1944: Preview, Los Angeles, CA (Filmarte Theatre)
- 08 Oct 1944: Copyright
- 02 Feb 1983: First run, GFR, Berlin/West (33. Internationale Filmfestspiele, Astor, Retrospektive) OF

Further Remarks

- Tonsystem: Western Electric

Abstract

Joseph Goebbels is rejected by Maria Brandt, a novice actress, and this so incenses the lustful, vindictive Goebbels that he spends the rest of his twisted life trying to get even with her. During the so-called "Night of the long knives" (when top Nazis purged their ranks of enemies), Goebbels orders the death of Col. Brandt, Maria's father, among others on his "hit" list. Maria flees the Nazi scourge to marry Hans Traeger in Vienna but the long arm of the Nazis reaches out to ruin her life. She winds up in Berlin and is killed during an air raid.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US)

Bibliography

- Walt.: "Enemy of Women", in: Variety, 30.08.1944
- , in: Motion Picture Herald (New York, NY), Vol. 156, Nr. 12, 16.09.1944
- , in: New York Motion Picture Critics Reviews, Vol. 1, Nr 19, 18.09.1944
- , in: Today's Cinema, Vol. 64, Nr. 5132, 05.01.1945
- , in: Kinematograph Weekly (London), Nr. 1969, 11.01.1945
- Schwab, Lothar (Red.): Exil. Sechs Schauspieler aus Deutschland. Wolgang Zilzer (Paul Andor), Bd. 6, Berlin/West: Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, 1983
- Okuda, Ted: The Monogram Checklist. The Films of Monogram Pictures Corporation, 1931-1952. Jefferson, NC / London: McFarland, 1987
- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987

Credits

- 1. ENEMY / OF WOMEN
- 2. The Players / Claudia Drake / Paul Andor / Donald Woods / H.B. Warner / Sigrid Gurie / Ralph Morgan / Gloria Stuart / Robert Barrat / Beryl Wallace
- 3. Produced by / W. R. Frank
- 4. Original Story and / Screen Play by / Alfred Zeisler / and / Herbert O. Phillips
- 5. Music Composition / Orchestrated and Conducted / by / Arthur Guttmann
- 6. Director of / Photography / John Alton, a.s.c.
- 7. Additional Dialogue / Elizabeth Perdix / Art Director - Stanley Fleischer / Production Manager - Bartlett Carré / Set Decorations - Glenn Thompson / Sound Recorder - William H. Lynch / Assistant Director - Barton Adams
- 8. Film Editor - Douglas W. Bagier / Production Assistant - Marshall Edson / Makeup Artist - Ted Larsen / Hair Stylist - Scotty Rackin / Gowns - Kay West / [...] / [...] [...] [...]
- 9. Associate Producer - Fred W. Kane
- 10. Directed by / Alfred Zeisler
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- 1. The End
- 2. A / W. R. Frank / Production
- 3. A / Monogram / Release
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