The Eternal Mask

The Eternal Mask
Directed by	Werner Hochbaum
Written by	Leo Lapaire (novel) Werner Hochbaum
Starring	Peter Petersen Mathias Wieman Franz Schafheitlin Tom Kraa
Cinematography	Oskar Schnirch
Edited by	Else Baum
Music by	Anton Profes
Production company	Progress Film
Distributed by	Arthur Mayer & Joseph Burstyn (US)
Release dates	26 August 1935 (1935-08-26) (Wien) 12 January 1937 (1937-01-12) (US)
Running time	85 minutes
Countries	Austria Switzerland
Language	German

The Eternal Mask (German: Die ewige Maske) is a 1935 Austrian-Swiss drama film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Peter Petersen, Mathias Wieman and Franz Schafheitlin. The film was amongst the best ten foreign films of the year judged by the 1937 American National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. It also ran in competition at the 3rd Venice International Film Festival.

• Peter Petersen as Professor Tscherko
• Mathias Wieman as Dr. Dumartin
• Franz Schafheitlin as Monsieur Negar
• Tom Kraa as Dr. Wendt
• Thekla Ahrens as Sister Anna
• Olga Chekhova as Madame Negar
• Karl Skraup as Le gardien

• Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
• Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa story: a history of Germany's greatest film company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.

• The Eternal Mask at IMDb

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