The Buchholz Family
{{Short description|1944 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox film
|name = The Buchholz Family
|image =The Buchholz Family.jpg
|caption = German DVD cover
|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Familie Buchholz}}
|director = Carl Froelich
|producer = Carl Froelich
|writer = Julius Stinde (novel)
Jochen Kuhlmey
|starring = {{ubl|Henny Porten|Paul Westermeier|Käthe Dyckhoff|Marianne Simson}}
|music = Hans-Otto Borgmann
|cinematography = Robert Baberske
|editing = Wolfgang Schleif
|studio = UFA
|distributor = Deutsche Filmvertriebs
|released = {{Film date|1944|03|03|df=yes}}
|runtime = 92 minutes
|country = Germany
|language = German
}}
The Buchholz Family ({{langx|de|Familie Buchholz}}) is a 1944 German drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Henny Porten, Paul Westermeier, and Käthe Dyckhoff. Based on an 1884 novel by Julius Stinde, it is a family chronicle set in late nineteenth century Berlin.{{cite book|editor-first1=Hans-Michael|editor-last1=Bock|editor-link1=Hans-Michael Bock|editor-first2=Tim|editor-last2=Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|publisher=Berghahn Books|page=372|year=2009|location=New York|isbn=978-1-57181-655-9}} The same year saw the release of a second part Marriage of Affection.Noack p.195 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Henny Porten as Wilhelmine Buchholz
- Paul Westermeier as Carl Buchholz, son
- Käthe Dyckhoff as Betti, daughter
- Marianne Simson as Emmi, daughter
- Hans Zesch-Ballot as Fritz Fabian
- Gustav Fröhlich as Dr. Franz Wrenzchen, gynecologist
- Grethe Weiser as Jette
- Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Kathinka Bergfeldt
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Bergfeldt's accountant
- Erich Fiedler as Emil
- Sigrid Becker as August
- Werner Stock as Franz Weigel
- Jakob Tiedtke as Weigel's father
- Albert Hehn as Friedrich Wilhelm Holle, painter
- Kurt Vespermann as Julius Stinde, publisher
- Maria Loja as Frau Posener
- Hellmut Helsig as Gardefüsilier Gottfried
- Vera Achilles as Cilly Posener
- Oscar Sabo as August Butsch
- Carl Heinrich Worth as Prof. Hampel
- Renée Stobrawa as Adelheid Hampel
- Irmingard Schreiter as Erika von Rüdnitz
- Charles Francois as Kellner
- Illo Gutschwager as young waiter
- Max Hiller as Poseners' servant
- Alfred Karen as Gast im Kegellokal
- Matthew Bucholz as Matthew Bucholz
- Matthew Adcock as Mease
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References
{{Reflist}}
Bibliography
- Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0036813}}
{{Carl Froelich}}
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Category:Films of Nazi Germany
Category:German historical drama films
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:1940s historical drama films
Category:Films directed by Carl Froelich
Category:Films set in the 19th century
Category:Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
Category:1940s German-language films
Category:Films scored by Hans-Otto Borgmann
Category:German-language historical drama films
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