''As Long as the Roses Bloom'' (german: Solange noch die Rosen blüh'n) is a 1956 West German

romance film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

directed by

Hans Deppe Hans Deppe (; 12 November 1897 – 23 September 1969) was a German actor and film director. Filmography As director As actor References External links * 1897 births 1969 deaths German male film actors German television dire ...

and starring

Hertha Feiler Hertha Feiler (3 August 1916, Vienna – 1 November 1970, Munich) was an Austrian actress. She was married to the comedian Heinz Rühmann with whom she starred in several films. She was of Jewish descent. Filmography * '' Darling of the Sailors ...

Gerhard Riedmann Gerhard Riedmann (1925–2004) was an Austrian film actor. He was married to the actress Eva Probst. Partial filmography * ''Das andere Leben'' (1948) - (uncredited) * ''Child of the Danube'' (1950) - Bit Part (uncredited) * ' (1951) - Max' Fre ...

and

Eva Probst Eva Irene Probst (21 April 1930 – 19 November 2018) was a German actress. Biography Born in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Probst was married to Austrian actor Gerhard Riedmann from 1954-60. In the 1950s, she starred in romantic comedy films and ''Heima ...

.Reimer & Reimer p.80 It is a

heimatfilm ' (, German for "homeland-films"; German singular: ') were films of a genre popular in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. ''Heimat'' can be translated as "home" (in the geographic sense), "hometown" or "homela ...

shot at the

Spandau Studios The Spandau Studios or CCC Studios were film and television studios located in Spandau, a suburb of Berlin. They were established in 1949 following the Second World War by the producer Artur Brauner controller of CCC Films, on the site of a form ...

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and on location in

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

Willi Herrmann Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was a German art director. Selected filmography * '' Madness'' (1919) * '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919) * '' Jettatore'' (1919) * '' Humanity Unleashed'' (1920) * '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921) * '' The Mahar ...

and

Heinrich Weidemann Heinrich Weidemann (1899–1982) was a German art director.Lowe p.179 Selected filmography * '' The Gambler'' (1938) * '' The Swedish Nightingale'' (1941) * '' Ghost in the Castle'' (1947) * '' The Trip to Marrakesh'' (1949) * '' Scandal at the ...

Cast

as Helga Wagner *

as Michael *

as Anna Huber *

Willy Fritsch Willy Fritsch (27 January 1901 – 13 July 1973) was a German theater and film actor, a popular leading man and character actor from the silent-film era to the early 1960s. Biography Early life He was born Wilhelm Egon Fritz Fritsch, the only s ...

as Richard Kühn * Hans Moser as Alois Lechner, Mayor *

Annie Rosar Annie Rosar (May 17, 1888 – August 5, 1963) was an Austrian stage and film actress who is best remembered today for her appearances in many Austrian comedy films from the 1930s to the early 1960s. In those movies, she was frequently cast in the ...

as Emerentia Huber *

Sabine Eggerth Sabine Eggerth (9 June 1943 – 28 January 2017) was a German film and television actress. Eggerth was a child actor who made her debut aged ten in ''Anna Louise and Anton'' (1953). She played the title role in the 1955 film '' His Daughter is Ca ...

as Toni *

Ingrid Simon Ingrid may refer to: * Ingrid (given name) * Ingrid (record label), and artist collective * Ingrid Burley, rapper known mononymously as Ingrid * Tropical Storm Ingrid, various cyclones * 1026 Ingrid, an asteroid * InGrid, the grid computing projec ...

as Moni * Käthe Itter as Schwester Erika *

Kurt Vespermann Kurt Vespermann (1 May 1887 – 13 July 1957) was a German stage and film actor. Career Vespermann was born into an actor's family in Culmsee, West Prussia, Imperial Germany today Chełmża, Poland. Already his great-grandparents were ac ...

as Diener *

Franz Schafheitlin Franz Schafheitlin (9 August 1895 – 6 February 1980) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1927 and 1974. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Pullach, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Bordellos ...

as Kunsthändler * Heinz Lausch as Assistenzarzt

References

Bibliography

* Höbusch, Harald. ''"Mountain of Destiny": Nanga Parbat and Its Path Into the German Imagination''. Boydell & Brewer, 2016. * Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. ''The A to Z of German Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

External links

* 1956 films West German films German romance films 1950s romance films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Hans Deppe Constantin Film films Films set in the Alps Films shot at Spandau Studios 1950s German films {{1950s-romance-film-stub