''Hanna Amon'' is a 1951 German

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directed by

Veit Harlan Veit Harlan (22 September 1899 – 13 April 1964) was a German film director and actor. Harlan reached the highpoint of his career as a director in the Nazi era; most notably his antisemitic film ''Jud Süß'' (1940) makes him controversial ...

and starring

Kristina Söderbaum Beata Margareta Kristina Söderbaum (5 September 1912 – 12 February 2001) was a Swedish-born German film actress, producer, and photographer. She performed in Nazi-era films made by a German state-controlled production company. Early life S� ...

Lutz Moik Lutz Moik (1930–2002) was a German film and television actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as ...

and

Ilse Steppat Ilse Paula Steppat (30 November 1917 – 21 December 1969) was a German actress. Her husband was noted actor and director Max Nosseck. Biography She began her cinematic career at the age of 15 playing Joan of Arc. Steppat appeared regularly on ...

. It was shot at the

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and on location in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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and

Rochus Gliese Rochus Gliese (6 January 1891 — 22 December 1978) was a German actor, Film director, director, production designer, and Academy Awards, Academy Award-nominated Art director#In film, art director of early films from the 1910s and 1920s. He w ...

. It was the second film after ''

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'' (also 1951) in a

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comeback by director Harlan and his wife Söderbaum, who remained controversial figures due to their association with the

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. Both films were major commercial hits, despite calls for a boycott.Halle & McCarthy p.166

Synopsis

Hanna and her brother Thomas Amon live on the estate of their deceased parents. While Hanna of local veterinary and Thomas Brunner of the mayor's daughter is secretly admired and sought after, the siblings have eyes only for each other. Thomas, however, forfeited the much older, seductive Vera Colombani, a castle owner. He follows her (his sister, defying the warnings) to the south, where they spend the winter. Thomas is dropped in the wake of the Colombani and returns repentant return to the home farm. But when he meets again with his former lover, he triggers a disaster the Colombani and eventually fall victim to Hanna.

Cast

as Hanna Amon *

as Thomas Amon *

as Vera Colombani *

Hermann Schomberg Hermann Schomberg (22 August 1907 – 16 November 1975) was a German film and television actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the the ...

as Alois Brunner * Susanne Körber as Rosl, Tochter des Bürgermeisters *

Elise Aulinger Elise Aulinger (11 December 1881 – 12 February 1965) was a German stage, radio and film actress. Selected filmography * ''The Favourite of the Queen'' (1922) * ''Martin Luther'' (1923) * ''What the Stones Tell'' (1925) * '' The Seventh Son'' ( ...

as Frau Brunner *

Hedwig Wangel Hedwig Wangel (1875–1961) was a German stage and film actress. Life and career Born as Amalie Pauline Hedwig Simon on September 23, 1875, in Berlin in the German Empire, Hedwig Wangel was the daughter of a music publisher. After studying acting ...

as Frau Zorneder *

Hans Hermann Schaufuß Hans Hermann Schaufuß (13 July 1893 – 30 January 1982) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1922 to 1969. His sons were actors Hans Joachim Schaufuß Hans Joachim Schaufuß (transliterated: Schaufuss) (28 Decemb ...

as Bürgermeister *

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as Bürgermeisterin * Brigitte Schubert as Lioba *

Günther Hadank Günther Hadank (20 October 1892, Berlin – 23 August 1973) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Grand Hotel'' (1927) * '' Fair Game'' (1928) * ''Rasputin'' (1928) * '' Napoleon at St. Helena'' (1929) * '' M'' (1931) * ''Yorck'' (1931) * ...

as Pfarrer *

Wolf Ackva Wolf Ackva (30 July 1911 – 16 January 2000) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1935 and 1996. Selected filmography References External links * 1911 births 2000 deaths People from ...

as Entresser *

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 Gefängnisdirektor *

Jakob Tiedtke Jakob Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Tiedtke (23 June 1875 – 30 June 1960) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1914 and 1955. Selected filmography * ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918 film), The Pied Piper of Hamel ...

as Wirt *

Ferdinand Anton Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...

as Hans Zorneder * Caspar Harlan as Hannes

References

Bibliography

* Baer, Hester. ''Dismantling the Dream Factory: Gender, German Cinema, and the Postwar Quest for a New Film Language''. Berghahn Books, 2012. * Halle, Randall & McCarthy, Margaret. ''Light Motives: German Popular Film in Perspective''. Wayne State University Press, 2003. * Noack, Frank. ''Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker''. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.

External links

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