Dunja is a 1955 Austrian historical drama film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Eva Bartok, Karlheinz Böhm, Ivan Desny and Walter Richter.[1] It is an adaptation of the shorty story The Station Master by Alexander Pushkin, which had previously been made into the 1940 film Der Postmeister by Gustav Ucicky.[2]

Dunja
Directed byJosef von Báky
Written byEmil Burri
Johannes Mario Simmel
Based onThe Station Master by Alexander Pushkin
Produced byHerbert Gruber
StarringEva Bartok
Karlheinz Böhm
Ivan Desny
CinematographyGünther Anders
Hannes Staudinger
Edited byHerma Sandtner
Music byAlois Melichar
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Distributed byHerzog-Film
Release date
  • 22 December 1955 (1955-12-22)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

It was shot at the Sievering and Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna and on location in Burgenland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Maurischat.

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References

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  1. ^ Fritsche p.254
  2. ^ Williams, Alan (2002), Film and nationalism, Depth of Field, Rutgers University Press, p. 150, ISBN 0-8135-3040-7

Bibliography

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  • Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men In Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity . Berghahn Books, 2013.
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