''Front Theatre'' (German: ''Fronttheater'') is a 1942 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Heli Finkenzeller, René Deltgen and

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. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and the Cinetone Studios in Amsterdam. Location shooting took place in occupied Bordeaux and Greece. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Carlo Böhm and Willi Herrmann.

Plot

A woman gives up her successful acting career to support her Doctor husband. Later she takes part in entertainment for German forces during the Second World War.

Cast

* Heli Finkenzeller as Lena Meinhardt-Andres * René Deltgen as Dr. Paul Meinhardt *

as Langhammer, director *

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as chamber singer Herrmann * as Hilde Keller * as Monika Keller * Willi Rose as Alwin Sommer * Rudolf Schündler as Walter Hülsen *

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as Gerda Hoffmann * Hilde von Stolz as Edith Reiß * Gerhard Dammann as Pietsch * Adolf Fischer as Otto Zielke * as Kummer *Ernö René as Bosco * Alice Treff as Beamtin beim Arbeitsamt * Elsa Wagner as Alte Schauspielerin * Hermann Pfeiffer as Reiseleiter einer Künstlertruppe * Ernst Karchow as Dr. Gall * Heinz Ruhmann as Himself

References

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* 1942 romantic drama films 1940s war drama films German romantic drama films German war drama films Films of Nazi Germany Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt German black-and-white films Terra Film films Films shot in France Films shot in Greece War romance films World War II films made in wartime Films about theatre Films shot at Babelsberg Studios 1940s German films 1930s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub