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Release Date:
March 7, 1956
Original Title:
Singing in the Dark
Genres:
Crime | Drama | Music
Production Companies:
A.N.O. Productions Inc.
Production Countries:
Germany | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 84
Leo, a holocaust survivor who suffers from total amnesia, comes to the U.S. and works as a hotel desk clerk. One night while a comedian who owns a bar in the hotel gives him a drink, he breaks out in song and discovers a great voice. Under a psychiatrist's treatment, and because of a blow to the head by some hoodlums, he realizes his name is David and that he was the son of a great Jewish Cantor, and gradually recovers his memory of losing his parents. He gives up a promising career singing in nightclubs to return to the synagogue.
Art Direction:
Nikki Eastman
Assistant Director:
Boris Serratore
Costume Designer:
Florence Lustig
Dialogue Coach:
Mickey Knox
Director:
Max Nosseck
Director of Photography:
Arndt von Rautenfeld
Boris Kaufman
Editor:
Leonard Anderson
Marc Sorkin
Executive Producer:
Joey Adams
Makeup Artist:
Fred Carlton Ryle
Original Music Composer:
Abe Ellstein
Other:
George Kayman
Production Assistant:
Theodora Oysher
Second Unit Director:
Solomon Mikhoels
Writer:
Ann Hood
Aben Kandel
Max Nosseck
Moyshe Oysher
Stephen Kandel
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