The Forest House in Tyrol
{{short description|1955 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Forest House in Tyrol
| image =File:The Forest House in Tyrol.jpg
| caption =
| director = Hermann Kugelstadt
| producer = Richard König
|based_on =
| writer = Johannes Kai
Hermann Kugelstadt
| narrator =
| starring =Wera Frydtberg
Helmuth Schneider
Dorothea Wieck
| music = Werner Bochmann
| cinematography = Günther Rittau
| editing = Luise Dreyer-Sachsenberg
| studio =König Film
| distributor =Kopp-Filmverleih
| released = {{Film date|1955|11|03|df=yes}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = West Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
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The Forest House in Tyrol or The Lodge in Tyrol (German: Das Forsthaus in Tirol) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Hermann Kugelstadt and starring Wera Frydtberg, Helmuth Schneider and Dorothea Wieck.Ivanova p.113 Bock & Bergfelder p.135 Location shooting took place around Mittenwald, Innsbruck and Kitzbühel. Interiors were shot at temporary studio in Mittenwald. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Seefelder. It was part of the boom in heimatfilm pictures in post-war West Germany.
Synopsis
Richard Ferner returns to his Tyrolean home village after decades away, having made a fortune from an African mine. He had fled many years before after stealing from his employer, and had abandoned his fiancée Dorothee, now the widow of a forester. He seeks to make amends to her by helping out her two children, preventing the son from engaging in petty theft in the same manner he once did and helping the daughter in her romance with the son of a hotelier.
Cast
- Wera Frydtberg as Maria Attinger
- Helmuth Schneider as Michael Reimers, Hotelbesitzersohn
- Dorothea Wieck as Dorothee Attinger, Försterwitwe
- Albrecht Schoenhals as Richard Ferner
- Albert Hehn as Walter Brugg, Fahr- und Motorradhändler
- Ernst Waldow as Klinke aus Berlin
- Beppo Brem as Sepp, Bergführer
- Albert Florath as Hotelier Reimers, Michaels Vater
- Christian Doermer as Alfons Attinger, Marias Bruder
- Charles Regnier as Milazzo, Juwelier
- Hubert von Meyerinck as von Langer, Staatsanwalt
- Gert Fröbe as Bäuerle, Kaufmann
- Michl Lang as Karl, Hausdiener
- Jupp Hussels as Herr Küppers, Vater von Margot
- Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Kipling, Sparkassendirektor
- Bobby Todd as Dr. Hausschild, Arzt
- Gusti Kreissl as Frau Küppers, Margots Mutter
- Ingeborg Christiansen as Margot Küppers, Tochter
- Viktor Afritsch as Ringeis, Apotheker
References
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Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Ivanova, Mariana. Cinema of Collaboration: DEFA Coproductions and International Exchange in Cold War Europe. Berghahn Books, 2019.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0048089}}
{{Hermann Kugelstadt}}
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Category:1950s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Hermann Kugelstadt
Category:Films shot in Bavaria
Category:Films shot in Austria
Category:Films scored by Werner Bochmann
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