A drug-addicted ballerina seeks morphine during the Salzburg Festival, nearly ruining pharmacist Hans Falkner’s marriage to Anna. A doctor prescribes a lethal dose of morphine to the ballerina, but Anna, tempted to eliminate her rival, ultimately chooses morality and administers the correct dose.
Acting
Heidemarie Hatheyer's silent moral warfare in close-up.
Cinematography
Salzburg's baroque beauty contrasting squalid backrooms.
Director
Rolf Hansen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the 1952 Salzburg Festival, using real performances and locations to anchor its melodrama in documentary reality.
Rolf Hansen was primarily a cinematographer—this rare directing credit shows his visual obsession with hands, bottles, and thresholds.
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