''A Heart Returns Home'' (german: Ein Herz kehrt heim) is a 1956 West German
musical
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drama film
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directed by
Eugen York
Eugen York (26 November 1912 – 18 November 1991) was a German film director. He directed 35 films between 1938 and 1984. He was born in Rybinsk, Russian Empire and died in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography Film
* '' Morituri'' (1948) ...
and starring
Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was an Austrian-born Swiss actor, who also wrote, directed and produced some of his own films. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film ''Judgment at Nuremberg'', h ...
,
Willy Birgel and
Maria Holst
Maria Holst (1917–1980) was an Austrian film actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Invisible Opponent'' (1933)
* '' Court Theatre'' (1936)
* '' Operetta'' (1940)
* '' Vienna Blood'' (1942)
* ''Kiss Me Casanova'' (1949)
* '' The Trip to Marrakesh'' ...
.
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It was shot at the
Wandsbek Studios in
Hamburg
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and
on location in
Celle
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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Albrecht Becker and
Herbert Kirchhoff.
Cast
*
Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was an Austrian-born Swiss actor, who also wrote, directed and produced some of his own films. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film ''Judgment at Nuremberg'', h ...
as Wolfgang Thomas
*
Willy Birgel as Robert Lennart
*
Maria Holst
Maria Holst (1917–1980) was an Austrian film actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Invisible Opponent'' (1933)
* '' Court Theatre'' (1936)
* '' Operetta'' (1940)
* '' Vienna Blood'' (1942)
* ''Kiss Me Casanova'' (1949)
* '' The Trip to Marrakesh'' ...
as Irene Thomas
*
Hans Nielsen as Martin Thomas
*
Erni Mangold
Erni Mangold (sometimes ''Ernie'' or ''Erna;'' born as Erna Goldmann on 25 January 1927) is an Austrian actress and stage director. Since 1948, she had appeared in more than 75 films and TV productions.
Life
Goldmann was born into a family of ar ...
as Maxie Mell
*
Heinz Reincke
Karl-Heinz Reincke (28 May 1925 – 13 July 2011) was a German-born actor, long-based in Vienna.
Selected filmography
Films
*'' A Heart Returns Home'' (1956) - Besselmann
*''Confessions of Felix Krull'' (1957) - Stanko
*''Tolle Nacht'' (1957) ...
as Besselmann
*
Horst Beck
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* Horst, ...
as Journalist
*
Hildegard Behrens-Kühn
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as Fräulein Kurtz
*
Josef Dahmen as Dr. Brandel
*
Erich Dunskus as Weber
*
Sylvia Fitzen
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*
Albert Florath as Bürgermeister von Neuburg
*
Horst Gnekow
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* Horst, ...
as Mangelsdorf
*
Ursula Herking
Ursula Herking (28 January 1912 – 17 November 1974) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1933 and 1972. She was born in Dessau, Germany and died in Munich, West Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' Susann ...
as Fräulein Snyder
*
Hertha Martin
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*Hertha Zehlendorf, a German football club
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*FC Hertha Wiesbach, a German football ...
as Sylvia Hartung
*
Emmy Percy-Wüstenhagen
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as Gertrud
*
Charles Regnier
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as Boerner
*
Ellen Roedler
*
Siegfried Schürenberg as Dr. Weißbach
*
Horst von Otto
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Science
* Horst (geology), a raised fault block bounded by normal faults or graben
People
* Horst (given name)
* Horst (surname)
* ter Horst, Dutch surname
* van der Horst, Dutch surname
Places Settlements Germany
* Horst ...
as Fenske
*
Brigitte Wentzel
References
Bibliography
* Parish, James Robert. ''Film Actors Guide: Western Europe''. Scarecrow Press, 1977.
External links
*
1956 films
West German films
German musical drama films
1950s musical drama films
1950s German-language films
Films directed by Eugen York
Films about classical music and musicians
Real Film films
Films shot at Wandsbek Studios
1956 drama films
1950s German films
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