I Am a Camera
Year:
1955
Production Country:
Great Britain
Period drama. Film version of John Van Druten's stage adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's short stories `Goodbye to Berlin'. Set in Berlin in the 1930s, features the would-be actress, nightclub entertainer Sally Bowles.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Sally Bowles Julie Harris
- Christopher Isherwood Laurence Harvey
- Natalia Landauer Shelley Winters
- Clive Ron Randell
- Fraulein Schneider Lea Seidl
- Fritz Anton Diffring
- doctor Frederick Valk
- electrotherapist Tutte Lemkow
- hydrotherapist Patrick McGoohan
- Curtis B. Ryland, American editor Stanley Maxted
- . Philip Morant
- . Harold Siddons
- Pierre Jean Gargoet
- [seated man at book launch] Richard Wattis
- [Troika head waiter] André Mikhelson
- [Troika cigarette girl] Zoe Newton
- [.] Jacqueline Cox
- [.] Angela White
- [.] Amanda Coxell
- [.] Gareth Tandy
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Henry Cornelius
- Assistant Director James Ware
- Continuity Daphne Frampton
Production
- © Remus Films
- a Remus production Remus Films
- Presents Romulus Films
- Distribution Controlled by Independent Film Distributors Ltd.
- Associate Producer Jack Clayton
- Production Manager Leigh Aman
Writing
- Screenplay by John Collier
- From the Play 'I Am a Camera' by John Van Druten
- Based on the stories of Christopher Isherwood
- The play was produced on the stage by Gertrude Macy
- The play was produced on the stage by Walter Starcke
Photography
- Photography by Guy Green
- Camera Operator Norman Warwick
Editing
- Editor Clive Donner
Design
- Art Director William Kellner
Costumes
- Costume Supervisor Julia Squire
- Dresses by Raemonde Rahvis
Make-up
- Make-up Ernie Gasser
- Hairdressing Ida Mills
Music
- Music Composed by Malcolm Arnold
- The Song Composed by Ralph Maria Siegel
- English [Song] Lyric by Paul Dehn
- Musical Director Muir Mathieson
Sound
- Sound Recording W.H. Lindop
- Sound Recording E. Law
- Sound System RCA