The White Dream (German: Der weiße Traum) is a 1943 musical comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Olly Holzmann, Elfriede Datzig and Wolf Albach-Retty.[1] [2] The film was made by Wien-Film, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into Greater Germany following the 1938 Anschluss.
| The White Dream | |
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| German | Der weiße Traum |
| Directed by | Géza von Cziffra |
| Written by | Géza von Cziffra |
| Produced by | Erich von Neusser |
| Starring | Olly Holzmann Elfriede Datzig Wolf Albach-Retty |
| Cinematography | Sepp Ketterer Hans Schneeberger |
| Edited by | Arnfried Heyne |
| Music by | Anton Profes |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Wien Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Austria (Part of Greater Germany) |
| Language | German |
It was one of the most popular wartime German releases. In the year following 1945, it was still found by an American military survey to be among a group of very successful Nazi era entertainment films at the box office, well ahead of foreign imports.[3]
Cast edit
- Olly Holzmann as Liesl Strolz
- Elfriede Datzig as Ice-skater
- Wolf Albach-Retty as Ernst Eder
- Lotte Lang as Lu Panther
- Hans Olden as Director Schmoller
- Fritz Imhoff as Meister Strolz
- Oskar Sima as Josef Wildner
- Richard Eybner as Scherzinger
- Rudolf Carl as Toni
- Hans Schott-Schöbinger as Theo Berg
- Georg Lorenz as Franz
- Petra Trautmann as Gertie Kramer
- Otto Hartmann as Poldi
- Hans Kern as Bächlein
- Polly Koß as Frau Wulitsch
- Josef Menschik as Kugler - Theaterinspizient
- Alda Noni as Singer
References edit
- ^ Baer p.21
- ^ Hake p.81
- ^ Baer, Hester (2012). Dismantling the Dream Factory: Gender, German Cinema, and the Postwar Quest for a New Film Language. Berghahn Books. p. 21. ISBN 978-1845456054. JSTOR j.ctt9qcr2c.
Bibliography edit
- Hake, Sabine. German National Cinema. Routledge, 2002.
External links edit
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