The Lost Face

The Lost Face

1948 · 98 min · ★ 8.0 · Thriller, Mystery

A clearly confused girl is found wandering around Stuttgart and can't be understood, because she's speaking in a foreign language. The police take her to some doctors, who eventually believe they're dealing with a Tibetan. Doctor von Aldenhoff takes the stranger in and begins to educate her according to western European standards. In her new home, the girl, Luscha, gets to know Robert Lorm, a rather well-travelled man, and falls in love with him. Eventually, she decides quite unilaterally that they're going to build a new home and life together. A plaster of paris mask of the girl's face is made for the doctors to keep as a remembrance of Luscha. But as soon as the mold is removed from her face, she suddenly seems to become an entirely different woman.

Directed by Kurt Hoffmann · Written by Harald Braun

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Marianne Hoppe Johanna Stegen alias Luscha
Gustav Fröhlich Dr. Thomas Martin
Richard Häussler Robert Lorm
Paul Dahlke Axel Witt
Hermine Körner Frau von Aldenhoff
Harald Mannl Leo L`Arronge
Rudolf Vogel Prof. Kersten
Walter Kiaulehn Anstaltsarzt
Erich Ponto Wissenschaftler
Bruno Hübner Bildhauer
Herbert Weicker Dr. Rasan
Ruth Killer Sonja

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