A Glass of Water | |
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German | Ein Glas Wasser |
Directed by | Helmut Käutner |
Written by | Eugène Scribe (play) Helmut Käutner Willibald Eser |
Produced by | Georg Richter |
Starring | Gustaf Gründgens Liselotte Pulver Sabine Sinjen |
Cinematography | Günther Anders |
Edited by | Klaus Dudenhöfer |
Music by | Bernhard Eichhorn |
Production company | Deutsche Film Hansa |
Distributed by | Deutsche Film Hansa |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
A Glass of Water (German: Das Glas Wasser) is a 1960 West German comedy-musical film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Gustaf Gründgens, Liselotte Pulver and Sabine Sinjen. It was entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1842 French play Le Verre d'eau by Eugène Scribe and is set in London in 1710 during the War of the Spanish Succession. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff.