Three Birch Trees on the Heath
Three Birch Trees on the Heath | |
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Directed by | Ulrich Erfurth |
Written by | Erich Engels |
Produced by | Walter Koppel Gyula Trebitsch |
Starring | Margit Saad Sonja Sutter Helmuth Schneider |
Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
Edited by | Ilse Voigt |
Music by | Siegfried Franz |
Production company | |
Distributed by | J. Arthur Rank Film |
Release date | 30 November 1956 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
Three Birch Trees on the Heath (German: Drei Birken auf der Heide) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and starring Margit Saad, Sonja Sutter and Helmuth Schneider. It was one of 54 heimatfilm produced that year, as the genre's popularity reached its peak.[1]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Dieter Bartels. The film was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location around Lüneburg Heath outside the city.
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- Margit Saad as Susanna, Zigeunerin
- Sonja Sutter as Rose Heidkämper
- Helmuth Schneider as Hans Freese, Revierförster
- Albert Matterstock as Jan Wedekind, Verleger
- Rolf Wanka as Ernö, Zigeunerprimas
- Irene von Meyendorff as Ada Wedekind
- Paul Henckels as Vater Heidkämper, Imker
- Albert Florath as Pastor Mettelmann
- Carsta Löck as Meta, Haushälterin bei Wedekind
- Robert Meyn as Rackebrand, Forstmeister
- as Mirko, junger Zigeuner
- Bum Krüger as Kriminalassistent Grimm
- Balduin Baas as Plaskude
- as Sterthus, Hilfsförster
- as Oldehoff, Torfbauer
- as Trina, Dorfmädchen
- as Ahrens, Gemeindevorsteher
- Werner Schumacher as Born, Wachtmeister
- Peter Ahrweiler as Ein Beamter
- as Dörte, Dorfmädchen
- Maria Litto as Jolan, Zigeunerin
- as Telefonistin
- as Geza, ein junger Zigeuner
- as Krankenschwester
- as Frau Mettelmann
- as Istvan, Stammesältester der Zigeuner
References[]
- ^ Boa & Palfreyman p.214
Bibliography[]
- Elizabeth Boa & Rachel Palfreyman. Heimat - A German Dream: Regional Loyalties and National Identity in German Culture 1890-1990. OUP Oxford, 21 Sep 2000.
External links[]
Categories:
- German-language films
- 1956 films
- 1956 romantic drama films
- German romantic drama films
- West German films
- Films directed by Ulrich Erfurth
- Films about Romani people
- Films shot at Wandsbek Studios
- Real Film films
- 1950s German film stubs