Roses Bloom on the Moorland (German: Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab) is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Hans H. König and starring Ruth Niehaus, Hermann Schomberg and Armin Dahlen.[1] It is also known in English by the alternative titles Rape on the Moor and Roses Bloom on the Grave in the Heather.
| Roses Bloom on the Moorland | |
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| Directed by | Hans H. König |
| Written by | Hans H. König |
| Produced by | Richard König |
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| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann |
| Music by | Werner Bochmann |
Production company | König Film |
| Distributed by | Panorama-Film |
Release date | 25 December 1952 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by Max Mellin. The film was shot on moorlands in the vicinity of Bremen. It is notable amongst post-war heimatfilm for its gloomy, gothic atmosphere.
Synopsis edit
In a German village a peasant girl is pressured by her family to marry a wealthy farmer, although she is in love with her childhood sweetheart who has recently returned from the city. Her fiancée tries to rape her on the moorland, echoing a similar tragedy that took place on the same spot hundreds of years ago during the Thirty Years War when a Swedish soldier attacked a local woman.
Cast edit
- Ruth Niehaus as Dorothee Aden
- Hermann Schomberg as Dietrich Eschmann
- Armin Dahlen as Ludwig Amelung, Architekt
- Gisela von Collande as Fiete, Eschmanns Magd
- Lotte Brackebusch as Sophie Amelung
- Hilde Körber as Friederike Aden
- Hedwig Wangel as Kräuterjule
- Ingeborg Morawski as Gesine, Magd bei Adens
- Albert Florath as Stallmacher, Wirt
- Ernst Waldow as Albert Berndsen, Handelsvertreter
- Walter Ladengast as Fromann, ein alter Schäfer
- Otto Friebel as Heini Schütt, Verkäufer
- Konrad Mayerhoff as Wilhelm Aden
- Anderl Kern
- Josef Dahmen as Der schwedische Leutnant
- Fred Berthold
References edit
- ^ Hoffgen p. 138
Bibliography edit
- Maggie Hoffgen. Studying German Cinema. Columbia University Press, 2009.
- Alexandra Ludewig. Screening Nostalgia: 100 Years of German Heimat Film. Transcript, 2014.
External links edit
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