When the Heath Dreams at Night
{{Short description|1952 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = When the Heath Dreams at Night
| image =When the Heath Dreams at Night.jpg
| caption =
| director = Paul Martin
| producer =
| writer = {{ubl|Juliane Kay|Paul Martin|Tibor Yost}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Rudolf Prack|Viktor Staal|Margot Trooger}}
| music = Herbert Windt
| cinematography = Willy Winterstein
| editing = Hermann Ludwig
| studio = {{ubl|Apollo-Film|Berolina Film}}
| distributor = Gloria Film
| released = {{Film date|1952|12|19|df=yes}}
| runtime = 98 minutes
| country = West Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
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When the Heath Dreams at Night ({{langx|de|Wenn abends die Heide träumt}}) is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Paul Martin and starring Rudolf Prack, Viktor Staal and Margot Trooger.Spicer p. 460 It was shot in the Göttingen Studios and on Lüneburg Heath. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Carl Ludwig Kirmse and Walter Kutz.
Synopsis
A young man who works making safe unexploded Second World War bombs on Lüneburg Heath invites an old wartime comrade to stay with him. However, problems ensue when the visitor falls in love with his fiancée.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Rudolf Prack as Peter Gelius, Sprengmeister
- Viktor Staal as Karl Odewig
- Margot Trooger as Helga
- Fita Benkhoff as Hermine Knauer
- Siegfried Breuer as Konsul Berghaus
- Margarete Haagen as Frau Odewig, Karls Mutter
- Ilse Steppat as Brigitte
- Beppo Brem as Xaver Franz
- Albert Florath as Bürgermeister Knauer
- Walter Franck
- Ernst Deutsch
- Otto Gebühr
- Berta Drews
- Walter Gross
- Reinhard Kolldehoff
- Franz-Otto Krüger
- Paul Heidemann
- Else Reval
- Hans Stiebner
- Victor Janson
- Werner Stock
- Arno Paulsen
- Erich Dunskus
- Erwin Biegel
- Gustav Bertram
}}
References
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Bibliography
- Spicer, Andrew. Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0045320}}
{{Paul Martin}}
Category:1950s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Paul Martin
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Göttingen Studios
Category:Films scored by Herbert Windt
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