The Forests Sing Forever

{{Short description|1959 film}}

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{{Infobox film

|name = The Forests Sing Forever

|image = Und ewig singen die Wälder (filmposter).jpg

|caption = Theatrical film poster

|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Und ewig singen die Wälder}}

|director = Paul May

|producer = Heinz Pollak
Alfred Stöger

|writer = Trygve Gulbranssen (novel)
Kurt Heuser

|starring = {{ubl|Gert Fröbe|Hansjörg Felmy|Joachim Hansen}}

|music = Rolf A. Wilhelm

|cinematography = {{Ill|Elio Carniel|de|3=Elio Carniel|v=ib}}

|editing = Renate Jelinek

|studio = Wiener Mundus-Film

|distributor =Deutsche Film Hansa

|released = {{Film date|1959|9|15|df=yes}}

|runtime = 105 minutes

|country = Austria

|language = German

}}

The Forests Sing Forever (German: Und ewig singen die Wälder) is a 1959 Austrian drama film directed by Paul May and starring Gert Fröbe, Hansjörg Felmy and Joachim Hansen. It was followed by a 1960 sequel The Inheritance of Bjorndal.{{cite book|last=von Dassanowsky|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert von Dassanowsky|title=Austrian Cinema: A History|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, NC|year=2005|page=176|isbn=0786420782}}

The film's sets were designed by the art director Leo Metzenbauer, and it was filmed at the Bjølstad Farm.{{cite web|title=Og bakom synger skogene|accessdate=November 10, 2017|url=http://klassisklitteratur.origo.no/-/bulletin/show/629910_og-bakom-synger-skogene?ref=checkpoint|website=Klassisk litteratur|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110115020/http://klassisklitteratur.origo.no/-/bulletin/show/629910_og-bakom-synger-skogene?ref=checkpoint|archivedate=November 10, 2017|url-status=dead}}