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Arena of Death
Directed by	Kurt Meisel
Written by	O. H. Dangl Hans Herbert Sepp Walter Raimund Warta
Produced by	Otto Grund Heinz Wolff
Starring	Richard Häussler Katharina Mayberg Friedl Hardt
Cinematography	Elio Carniel
Edited by	Raimund Warta
Music by	Heinz Sandauer
Production companies	Bristol-Film Hein Wolff Listo Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Comerz-Film
Release date	August 1953 (1953-08)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	Austria West Germany
Language	German

Arena of Death (German: Die Todesarena) is a 1953 Austrian–West German crime film directed by Kurt Meisel and starring Richard Häussler, Katharina Mayberg, and Friedl Hardt.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav Abel and Nino Borghi.

Cast

• Richard Häussler as Diego Moreno
• Katharina Mayberg as Manuela Moreno
• Friedl Hardt as Helli Singer
• Bert Fortell as Gino Belotti
• Elfe Gerhart as Roberta, Chansonette
• Fritz Imhoff as Dr. Reiner, Kriminalrat
• Helli Servi as Rosi
• Die 3 Motorellos as Themselves
• Franz Böheim as Francesco
• Heribert Meisel as Ansager
• Leopold Rudolf as Brugger, Rennmechaniker
• Ernst Waldbrunn

Bibliography

• Fritsche, Maria (2013). Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-0-85745-946-6.

External links

• Arena of Death at IMDb