Heimat (1938 film)
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Directed by | Carl Froelich |
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Cinematography | Franz Weihmayr |
Edited by | Gustav Lohse |
Music by | Theo Mackeben |
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Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Language | German |
Heimat is a 1938 German historical drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Zarah Leander, Heinrich George and Ruth Hellberg. The film's melodramatic storyline portrays the return of a leading singer to her hometown, where her father wishes her to settle down and marry. It is based on the 1893 play Heimat by Hermann Sudermann.[1]
It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Schroedter and Walter Haag.
Froelich won the award for best director at the 1938 Venice Film Festival for this film.
Cast[]
- Zarah Leander as Maddalena Dall'Orto
- Heinrich George as Leopold Dall'Orto Schwartze
- Ruth Hellberg as Marie
- Lina Carstens as Fränze von Klebs
- Paul Hörbiger as Franz Heffterdingk
- Georg Alexander as Ludwig Prinz von Imlingen
- Leo Slezak as Rohrmoser
- Hans Nielsen as Max von Wendlowsky
- Franz Schafheitlin as Bankdirektor von Keller
- Ernst Schiffner
References[]
- ^ Reimer p. 109
Bibliography[]
- Reimer, Robert C. (2000). Cultural History Through a National Socialist Lens: Essays on the Cinema of the Third Reich. Camden House. ISBN 978-1-57113-164-5.
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Categories:
- 1938 films
- German-language films
- German films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- Films directed by Carl Froelich
- German films based on plays
- Films based on works by Hermann Sudermann
- Films set in the 1880s
- German black-and-white films
- 1930s historical drama films
- German historical drama films
- UFA GmbH films
- Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
- 1938 drama films
- 1930s German film stubs