Heimat (1938 film)

Heimat
Directed by	Carl Froelich
Produced by	Carl Froelich
Written by	Harald Braun
Starring	Zarah Leander Heinrich George
Music by	Theo Mackeben
Cinematography	Franz Weihmayr
Edited by	Gustav Lohse
Distributed by	Ufa Film Company
Release dates	June 25, 1938 (1938-06-25) (Germany) September 9, 1938 (1938-09-09) (USA)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Nazi Germany
Language	German

Heimat is a 1938 German 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]

Froelich won the award for best director at the 1938 Venice Film Festival for this film.

Cast

Zarah Leander - Magda von Schwartze
Heinrich George - Leopold von Schwartze
Ruth Hellberg - Marie
Lina Carstens - Fränze von Klebs
Paul Hörbiger - Franz Heffterdingk
Georg Alexander - Ludwig Prinz von Ilmingen
Leo Slezak - Rohrmoser
Hans Nielsen - Max von Wendlowsky
Franz Schafheitlin - Bankdirektor von Keller
Ernst Schiffner

References

↑ Reimer p.109

Bibliography

Reimer, Robert C. Cultural History Through a National Socialist Lens: Essays on Cinema of the Third Reich. Camden House, 2000.

External links

Heimat at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Carl Froelich

The Destiny of Carola van Geldern (1919)
The Dancer (1919)
Wandering Souls (1921)
The Kwannon of Okadera (1921)
The Brothers Karamazov (1921)
The Good for Nothings (1922)
Luise Millerin (1922)
Hallig Hooge (1923)
Mother and Child (1924)
The Adventures of Sybil Brent (1925)
Chamber Music (1925)
Roses from the South (1926)
The Long Intermission (1927)
Love in the Cowshed (1928)
Lotte (1928)
Love and Thieves (1928)
Escape (1928)
Violantha (1928)
The Night Belongs to Us (1929)
Louise, Queen of Prussia (1931)
Mädchen in Uniform (1931)
Trouble with Jolanthe (1934)
Sergeant Schwenke (1935)
The Private Life of Louis XIV (1935)
The Dreamer (1936)
If We All Were Angels (1936)
Such Great Foolishness (1937)
Heimat (1938)
The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl (1938)
The Four Companions (1938)
The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky (1939)
The Gasman (1941)
Wedding in Barenhof (1942)
The Buchholz Family (1944)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 203748704 GND: 7551953-7

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