The Marathon Runner

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The Marathon Runner

Directed by	Ewald André Dupont
Written by	Werner Scheff (novel) Thea von Harbou
Produced by	Marcel Hellman Frank Clifford
Starring	Brigitte Helm Hans Brausewetter Ursula Grabley Viktor de Kowa
Cinematography	Eugen Schüfftan
Edited by	Herbert Selpin
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Production company	Matador-Film
Distributed by	Siegel-Monopolfilm
Release date	24 February 1933 (1933-02-24)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Marathon Runner (German: Der Läufer von Marathon) is a 1933 German sports film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Brigitte Helm, Hans Brausewetter and Ursula Grabley. It was based on a 1928 novel by Werner Scheff, adapted by screenwriter Thea von Harbou. The film focuses on a love triangle between three German athletes competing at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.^[1] It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art directors Ernő Metzner and Erich Zander. The German premiere took place at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo. It was the last film Dupont made in Germany, before escaping into exile following the rise to power of the Nazis.

Cast

Brigitte Helm as Lore Steinkopf
Hans Brausewetter as Karl Roesicke
Ursula Grabley as Else Wittig, Lores Freundin
Viktor de Kowa as Georg Cornelius
Paul Hartmann as José Barrada
Trude von Molo as Evelyne Barrada
Oscar Sabo as Werner Franck, Trainer
Carl Balhaus as Hans Huber
Nien Soen Ling as Tschou Ling
Alfred Durra as Ein Reporter

References

^ Bergfelder & Cargnelli p. 34

Bibliography

Bergfelder, Tim; Cargnelli, Christian, eds. (2008). Destination London: German-Speaking Emigrés and British Cinema, 1925–1950. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-0-85745-019-7.

External links

The Marathon Runner at IMDb

Films directed by E. A. Dupont

Europe, General Delivery (1918)
Midnight (1918)
The Devil (1918)
The Japanese Woman (1919)
The Secret of the American Docks (1919)
The Mask (1919)
The Spies (1919)
The Apache of Marseilles (1919)
The Derby (1919)
Alkohol (1919)
World by the Throat (1920)
The Grand Babylon Hotel (1920)
The White Peacock (1920)
Whitechapel (1920)
Hearts Are Trumps (1920)
Murder Without Cause (1921)
The Vulture Wally (1921)
Children of Darkness (1921)
She and the Three (1922)
The Green Manuela (1923)
The Ancient Law (1923)
The Humble Man and the Chanteuse (1925)
Variety (1925)
Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927)
Moulin Rouge (1928)
Piccadilly (1929)
Atlantic (1929)
Atlantik (1929)
Atlantis (1930)
Two Worlds (1930, UK)
Two Worlds (1930, Germany)
Les deux mondes (1930)
Menschen im Käfig (1930)
Le cap perdu (1931)
Cape Forlorn (1931)
Salto Mortale (1931)
Salto Mortale (1931)
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932)
The Marathon Runner (1933)
Ladies Must Love (1933)
The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)
Forgotten Faces (1936)
A Son Comes Home (1936)
Night of Mystery (1937)
On Such a Night (1937)
Love on Toast (1937)
Hell's Kitchen (1939)
The Scarf (1951)
Pictura: An Adventure in Art (1951, co-director)
Problem Girls (1953)
The Neanderthal Man (1953)
The Steel Lady (1953)
Return to Treasure Island (1954)

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List of works
Films directed	Elisabeth and the Fool (1934) Hanneles Himmelfahrt (1934)
Films written	The Legend of Holy Simplicity (1920) The Wandering Image (1920) Destiny (1921) Four Around a Woman (1921) The Indian Tomb (1921) The Women of Gnadenstein (1921) The Burning Soil (1922) Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922) Phantom (1922) The Expulsion (1923) The Stone Rider (1923) Princess Suwarin (1923) The Grand Duke's Finances (1924) Die Nibelungen (1924) Michael (1924) Chronicles of the Gray House (1925) Metropolis (1927) Spione (1928) Woman in the Moon (1929) M (1931) The First Right of the Child (1932) The Marathon Runner (1933) The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) The Old and the Young King (1934) Princess Turandot (1934) What Am I Without You (1934) Turandot, Princess of China (1935) The Old and the Young King (1935) An Ideal Husband (1935) Escapade (1936) The Impossible Woman (1936) A Woman of No Importance (1936) The Broken Jug (1937) Don't Promise Me Anything (1937) Mother Song (1937) The Ruler (1937) Covered Tracks (1938) The Woman at the Crossroads (1938) Hurrah! I'm a Father (1939) Stars of Variety (1939) Clarissa (1941) With the Eyes of a Woman (1942) Maria Malibran (1943) A Wife for Three Days (1944) Via Mala (1945) Journey to Happiness (1948) A Day Will Come (1950) Dr. Holl (1951) Your Heart Is My Homeland (1953)
Novels written	The Indian Tomb (1918) Metropolis (1925) The Rocket to the Moon (1928)

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