Where the Ancient Forests Rustle

{{Short description|1956 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Where the Ancient Forests Rustle

| image = Where the Ancient Forests Rustle.jpg

| caption =

| director = Alfons Stummer

| producer = {{ubl|Eberhard Meichsner|Walter Traut}}

| writer = {{ubl|Alfons Stummer|Werner P. Zibaso}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Willy Fritsch|Josefin Kipper|Carl Möhner}}

| music = {{ubl|Marc Roland|Rolf A. Wilhelm}}

| cinematography = Herbert Thallmayer

| editing = Walter Boos

| studio = Divina-Film

| distributor = Gloria Film

| released = {{Film date|1956|09|14|df=yes}}

| runtime = 89 minutes

| country = West Germany

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Where the Ancient Forests Rustle ({{langx|de|Wo die alten Wälder rauschen}}) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Alfons Stummer and starring Willy Fritsch, Josefin Kipper and Carl Möhner. It was one of a large number of heimatfilm pictures made during the decade.Höbusch p. 74

The film's sets were designed by the art director Gabriel Pellon.

Synopsis

The widowed owner of a Hamburg construction company takes his young son on holiday to the Austrian Alps, but his obsession with work drives a wedge between them.

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Bibliography

  • Harald Höbusch. "Mountain of Destiny": Nanga Parbat and Its Path Into the German Imagination. Boydell & Brewer, 2016.