''Dream of the Rhine'' (german: Der Traum vom Rhein) is a 1933 German

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directed by

Herbert Selpin Herbert Selpin (29 May 1904 – 1 August 1942) was a German film director and screenwriter of light entertainment during the 1930s and 1940s. He is best known for his final film, the partly suppressed ''Titanic (1943 film), Titanic'', during the ...

and starring

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, and

Hugo Fischer-Köppe Hugo Fischer-Köppe (13 February 1890, in Bielefeld – 31 December 1937, in Berlin) was an early German film actor. Fischer-Köppe entered film in 1917 and appeared in some 80 different films between 1913 and his premature death in 1937 in films ...

.Waldman p. 83 It was shot at the

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and on location in the

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Synopsis

After several decades away a wealthy

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decides to return to his homeland and take his

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daughter along with him.

Cast

* Gay Christie as Mary Steinweg, Tochter *

as Hein Fries *

Peter Erkelenz Peter Erkelenz (12 September 1897 – April 1966) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Men Behind Bars'' (1931) * '' The Sea Ghost'' (1931) * ''Sacred Waters'' (1932) * '' Dream of the Rhine'' (1933) * '' The Star of Valencia'' (193 ...

as Apotheker Filsen *

as Grete, Dellhausens Frau * F.W. Schröder-Schrom as Jupp Steinweg *

as Karl Baumann *

Paul Beckers Paul Beckers (1 November 1878 – 27 April 1965) was a German comedian ("Fliegentüten-Heinrich") and actor. He appeared in more than 35 films between 1917 and 1936. Selected filmography * ''Der Fliegentüten-Heinrich'' (1917) * ''Fliegent� ...

as Keppich *

Paul Henckels Paul Henckels (9 September 1885 – 27 May 1967) was a German film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1921 and 1965. Paul Henckels had started his acting career on the stage in the 1900s. He was well known for his e ...

as Dellhausen, Wirt zum 'Silbernen Pfropfenzieher' *

Friedrich Ettel Friedrich Ettel (8 June 1890 – 12 March 1941) was a Swiss film actor. Ettel was born in Zurich and died at the age of 50 in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Ludwig II, King of Bavaria'' (1929) * '' Two People'' (1930) * '' Louise, Qu ...

as Bürgermeister von Niedernheim *

Hubert von Meyerinck Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (23 August 1896 – 13 May 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1970. Biography Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858� ...

as Conny *

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as Lene, Hamms Tochter *

Walter Steinbeck Walter Steinbeck (26 September 1878 – 27 August 1942) was a German film actor. Steinbeck was born in Niederlößnitz (now Radebeul), Saxony, Germany. He died at age 63 in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''The Romance of a Poor Sinn ...

as Professor Dr. Holzheim *

Fred Immler Ferdinand "Fred" Immler (10 December 1880 –20 February 1965) was a German stage and film actor. Life Born in Coburg, as a young adult he worked from 1900 to 1902 at Deutsche Bank in Berlin and from 1902 to 1904 at Dresdner Bank. 1905 he return ...

as Fährmann Hamm

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* 1933 films 1933 comedy films German comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Films directed by Herbert Selpin Tobis Film films German black-and-white films Films scored by Ludwig Schmidseder 1930s German films Films shot at Johannisthal Studios {{1930s-Germany-film-stub