''Hubertus Castle'' (german: Schloß Hubertus) is a 1954 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
Helmut Weiss
Helmut Weiss (January 25, 1907 – January 13, 1969) was a German actor, screenwriter, and film director. He was notable for directing '' Tell the Truth'' the first film produced in what was to become the future West Germany after the Second World ...
and starring
Friedrich Domin
Friedrich Domin (15 May 1902 – 18 December 1961) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1939 and 1961. He was born in Beuthen, Germany (now Bytom, Poland) and died in Munich, Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' ...
,
Marianne Koch
Marianne Koch (; born 19 August 1931) is a German actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her appearances in Spaghetti Westerns and adventure films of the 1960s. She later worked as a television host and as a physician.
Career
Betwe ...
and
Heinz Baumann. It is based on the 1895 novel ''
Hubertus Castle'' by
Ludwig Ganghofer
Ludwig Ganghofer (7 July 1855 – 24 July 1920) was a German writer who became famous for his homeland novels.
Biography
He was born in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, the son of forestry official August Ganghofer (1827–1900). His younger sister Ida (186 ...
. The novel had previously been made into
a 1934 film and was later
adapted for the screen again in 1973.
[Goble p. 173]
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 ...
in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
. The film's sets were designed by
Wolf Englert
Wolf Englert (1924–1997) was a German painter and art director who designed the sets of a number of German films and television series.Herzogenrath p.308
Selected filmography
* '' Hubertus Castle'' (1954)
* '' The Sinful Village'' (1954)
* '' ...
and
Carl Ludwig Kirmse
Carl Ludwig Kirmse (1888–1982) was a German art director who worked prolifically on films during the silent and sound eras.Giesen p.220
Selected filmography
* ''The House of Torment'' (1921)
* '' Country Roads and the Big City'' (1921)
* '' T ...
.
Cast
*
Friedrich Domin
Friedrich Domin (15 May 1902 – 18 December 1961) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1939 and 1961. He was born in Beuthen, Germany (now Bytom, Poland) and died in Munich, Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' ...
as Graf Egge
*
Marianne Koch
Marianne Koch (; born 19 August 1931) is a German actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her appearances in Spaghetti Westerns and adventure films of the 1960s. She later worked as a television host and as a physician.
Career
Betwe ...
as Geislein
*
Heinz Baumann as Tassilo
*
Raidar Müller-Elmau as Willy
*
Lil Dagover as Baronin Kleesberg
*
Michael Heltau
Michael Heltau (born 5 July 1933) is a German actor and singer. He was born in Ingolstadt, Germany, and now lives in Austria.
Selected filmography
* '' Hubertus Castle'' (1954)
* ''The Last Man'' (1955)
* ''Engagement at Wolfgangsee'' (1956) ...
as Maler Forbeck
*
Paul Richter
Paul Richter (1 April 1895 – 30 December 1961) was an Austrian film actor. He owed his great popularity in German films of the silent era largely to the directors Joe May and Fritz Lang.
Biography
Richter made his film debut right before W ...
as Jäger Honegger
*
Karl Hanft
Karl Hanft (25 July 1904 – 2 February 1982) was an Austrian film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Shock Troop'' (1934)
* '' Enemies'' (1940)
* '' The Endless Road'' (1943)
* '' Tonelli'' (1943)
* '' Orient Express'' (1944)
* '' Hubertus Castle' ...
as Jäger Schipper
*
Gustav Waldau
Gustav Waldau (27 February 1871 – 25 May 1958) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1955.
Selected filmography
* '' The Gentleman Without a Residence'' (1915)
* ''In Thrall to the Claw'' (1921)
* ''The ...
as Diener Moser
*
Renate Hoy
Renate Hoy, also credited as Renate Huy and Erika Nordin,(born 31 December 1930 in Ludwigshafen, Mannheim, Germany) is a German actress.
Career
After winning the title of Miss Nürnberg, she was crowned Miss Germany of 1952. She then travelled ...
as Anna Herweg
*
Erika Remberg
Erika Remberg (15 February 1932 – 10 November 2017) was an Austrian film actress. She appeared in 31 films between 1950 and 1970. She was born in Medan, Indonesia.
Selected filmography
* '' Laila'' (1958)
* ''The Violin Maker of Mittenwal ...
as Lieserl
*
Walter Janssen
Walter Janssen (7 February 1887 – 1 January 1976) was a German film actor and director. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1917 and 1970.
Selected filmography
* '' The Dancer'' (1919)
* ''Destiny'' (1921)
* ''Wandering Souls'' (1 ...
as Arzt
*
Georg Bauer
Georgius Agricola (; born Georg Pawer or Georg Bauer; 24 March 1494 – 21 November 1555) was a German Humanist scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist. Born in the small town of Glauchau, in the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empire ...
as Patscheider
*
Elisabeth Wischert as Mali
* as Bernlochner
References
Bibliography
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External links
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1954 films
1954 drama films
German drama films
West German films
1950s German-language films
Films based on works by Ludwig Ganghofer
Films based on German novels
Films directed by Helmut Weiss
Films about hunters
Remakes of German films
Films set in Bavaria
Films set in the Alps
Films set in castles
1950s German films
Films shot at Bavaria Studios
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