''Heimat Bells'' (german: Heimatglocken) is a 1952 West German

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 ...

directed by

Hermann Kugelstadt Hermann Kugelstadt (1912–2001) was a German screenwriter and film director.Von Dassanowsky p.171 In the 1950s he directed a number of productions in the popular heimatfilm tradition. During the 1960s he switched to television work. Selected f ...

and starring

Hansi Knoteck Johanna Knoteck, known as Hansi Knoteck (2 March 1914 – 23 February 2014), was an Austrian film actress. Selected filmography * '' Count Woronzeff'' (1934) * '' Hubertus Castle'' (1934) * '' The Gypsy Baron'' (1935) * ''The Saint and Her F ...

Armin Dahlen Armin Dahlen (14 October 1919 – 26 July 2013) was an Austrian actor. He also directed for television. He starred in the 1954 Ealing Studios drama '' The Divided Heart''. He died in July 2013 at the age of 93. Selected filmography * '' White ...

and

Ernst Waldow Ernst Waldow (22 August 1893 – 5 June 1964) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Rübezahl's Wedding'' (1916) * '' Sin of a Beautiful Woman'' (1929) *'' The Green Domino'' (1 ...

.Pugh p.120 It was shot at the

Bavaria Studios Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film. History The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Fir ...

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and on location in

Mittenwald Mittenwald is a German municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria. Geography Mittenwald is located approximately 16 kilometres to the south-east of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is situated in the Valley of the River Isar, ...

in the Bavarian Alps. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Seefelder.

Cast

as Maria *

as Mathias Brucker and in alphabetical order * Siegfried Andree * Mathias Brucker * Karl Heinz Diess * Jenny Dreher *

Albert Florath Albert Peter Adam Florath (7 December 1888, Bielefeld – 11 March 1957, Gaildorf) was a German stage and film actor. Early life and education Born to Joseph Florath, a locksmith, and his wife Matilda, née Burkart, he attended school in Brakel ...

as Lehrer * Ulrich Folkmar * Franz Fröhlich *

Gustl Gstettenbaur Gustl Gstettenbaur (1 March 1914 – 20 November 1996) was a German stage, film and television actor. Born in Bavaria, Gustl Gstettenbaur began his career onstage as a child actor in 1927, at the age of thirteen. He went on to play a variety of ...

* Olly Gubo *

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* Anderl Kern * Auguste Kleinmichl * Ruth Lommel as Kitty Meier *

Franz Loskarn Franz Loskarn (3 May 1890 – 22 April 1978) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Behind Monastery Walls'' (1928) * '' Almenrausch and Edelweiss'' (1928) * '' Love on Skis'' (1928) * '' Restless Hearts'' (1928) * '' Tracks in the S ...

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as Zenzi *

Franz Muxeneder Franz Muxeneder (19 October 1920 - 3 January 1988) was an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1948 to 1987. Muxeneder is best known in Great Britain for his part in the Yugoslav-German television series ''The White Hor ...

as Leo Stanzer *

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Bertl Schultes Bertl Schultes (1881–1964) was a German comedy stage and film actor. He travelled with the director Franz Osten to India for the making of The Light of Asia in 1925, acting as an interpreter and assistant director.Rogowski p.171 Selected fil ...

* Inge Schulz * Uli Steigberg * Gerhard Steinberg * Rolf Straub * Kathi Tellheim *

Karl Tischlinger Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austria ...

* Hermann van Dyk * Alice Verden *

Georg Vogelsang Georg Vogelsang (1883–1952) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.216 He specialised in Bavarian character parts. Selected filmography * '' The Secret of Castle Elmshoh'' (1925) * '' Three Fathers for Anna'' (1939) * '' The Eternal Spring ...

as Felix Meier * Mathias Wenzel

References

Bibliography

* Pugh, Emily. ''The Berlin Wall and the Urban Space and Experience of East and West Berlin, 1961–1989''. ProQuest, 2008.

External links

* 1952 films 1952 drama films German drama films West German films 1950s German-language films German black-and-white films Films set in Bavaria Films shot in Bavaria Films directed by Hermann Kugelstadt 1950s German films Films shot at Bavaria Studios {{1950s-Germany-film-stub