title: Ellen Schmidt
text: # Ellen Schmidt
  
  Ellen Schmidt (1922–1997) was a German art director active in film set design in the postwar era. She frequently collaborated with her husband Mathias Matthies, including on several Edgar Wallace adaptations.
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  * Dark Eyes (1951)
  * The Sinful Border (1951)
  * Shooting Stars (1952)
  * My Wife Is Being Stupid (1952)
  * Don't Worry About Your Mother-in-Law (1954)
  * Men at a Dangerous Age (1954)
  * I Was an Ugly Girl (1955)
  * My Children and I (1955)
  * Father's Day (1955)
  * The First Day of Spring (1956)
  * The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1958)
  * Crime After School (1959)
  * Yes, Women are Dangerous (1960)
  * The Forger of London (1961)
  * The Green Archer (1961)
  * The Inn on the River (1962)
  * The Happy Years of the Thorwalds (1962)
  