''Corinna Schmidt'' is a 1951

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by Arthur Pohl and starring

Trude Hesterberg Trude Hesterberg (2 May 1892 – 31 August 1967) was a German film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1917 and 1964. Selected filmography * '' The Rosentopf Case'' (1918) * ''The Story of a Maid'' (1921) * ''Fridericus Rex'' (1922) ...

, Willy Kleinoschegg and

Ingrid Rentsch Ingrid Rentsch (4 June 1928 – December 2022) was a German stage, film and television actress.Gilman p.199 Rentsch was married to Hans-Joachim Martens. She was the mother of the actor Florian Martens. She died in December 2022. Selected filmo ...

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Jenny Treibel ''Frau Jenny Treibel'' is a German novel published in 1892 by Theodor Fontane. Plot The primary subject of the novel revolves around two Berlin families. One is the upper-class Treibel family consisting of the Councillor of commerce and his ...

'' by

Theodor Fontane Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known toda ...

. A penniless young woman falls in love with a country house and becomes engaged to the young man who owns it, while his scheming family try to break up the match.

Cast

... Jenny Treibel * Willy Kleinoschegg ... Kommerzienrat Treibel *

... Corinna Schmidt * Joseph Noerden ... Leopold Treibel * Peter Podehl ... Dr. Marcel Wedderkopp *

Hans Hessling Hans Oskar Richard Hessling (March 22, 1903 – February 24, 1995) was a German film and television actor. Selected filmography * ''Joan of Arc'' (1935) * ''Nights in Andalusia'' (1938) * ''The Heart of a Queen'' (1940) * ''Corinna Schmidt'' ...

... Professor Schmidt *

Erna Sellmer Erna Elisabeth Dorothea Sellmer (19 June 1905 – 13 May 1983) was a German film actress. She was best known in the English-speaking world for her role as housekeeper Frau Gerber in the 1970s Swiss-Canadian television series ''George'' about a St ...

... Frau Schmolke * Chiqui Jonas ... Helene Treibel *

Edelweiß Malchin ''Leontopodium nivale'', commonly called edelweiss (german: Alpen-Edelweiß, English pronunciation ), is a mountain flower belonging to the daisy or sunflower family Asteraceae. The plant prefers rocky limestone places at about altitude. It is ...

... Hildegard Munk *

Egon Brosig Egon is a variant of the male given name Eugene. It is most commonly found in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Hungary, Slovakia, Sweden, Denmark, and parts of the Netherlands and Belgium. The name can also be derived from the G ...

... Leutnant Vogelsang *

Hermann Lenschau Hermann or Herrmann may refer to: * Hermann (name), list of people with this name * Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language * Éditions Hermann, French publisher * Hermann, Miss ...

... Otto Treibel *

Erika Glässner Erika Glässner (28 February 1890 – 21 July 1959) was a German stage and film actress. Selected filmography * ''Werner Krafft'' (1916) * ''Diamonds'' (1920) * '' The Three Dances of Mary Wilford'' (1920) * '' The Love Corridor'' (1921) * '' Th ...

... Majorin von Ziegenhals *

Ellen Plessow Ellen Plessow (born as Helene Wiemuth Penning on 12 January 1891, in Oldenburg – 2 September 1967, in West Berlin) was a German actress. Plessow attended the conservatory in Hanover and played in Berlin theatres. Starting in the 1920s she playe ...

... Fräulein vom Bomst * Fred Hülgerth ... Kammersänger Krola *

Aribert Grimmer Aribert ( it, Ariberto) is a Germanic given name, from ''hari'' ("host") and ''beraht'' ("bright"). It may refer to: * Aribert (archbishop of Milan) * Prince Aribert of Anhalt (1866–1933), regent of Anhalt *Aribert Heim (1914–1992), Austrian Sc ...

... Friedrich

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* 1951 films 1951 drama films German drama films East German films 1950s German-language films Films based on works by Theodor Fontane Films set in the 1870s German black-and-white films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub