''I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg'' (German: ''Ich hab mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren'') is a 1926

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directed by Arthur Bergen and starring

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and

Werner Fuetterer Werner Fuetterer (10 January 1907 in Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – 7 February 1991 in Benidorm, Province of Alicante, Spain) was a German film actor. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1925 and 1967. In his early film career, Fuetterer ...

. The title alludes to the popular 1925 song '' I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg'' composed by

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with lyrics by

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and

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.Lamb p.230 The film taps into the nostalgic reputation of Old Heidelberg.

Cast

as Pastor Schönhoff *

as Sophie, seine Frau *

as Rudolf - sein Sohn * Mary Parker as Charlotte, seine Tochter * Sylvester Bauriedl as Fritz Merkelbach - Cand.med. Erstchargierter *

Harry Halm Harry Halm (born Harry Hermann Hahn; 17 January 1901 – 22 November 1980) was a German film actor. He was the son of director Alfred Halm and took acting lessons with Eduard von Winterstein and Hermann Vallentin. He began his stage career in 19 ...

as Alex Winkler, Fuchsmajor *

Karl Platen Karl Platen (6 March 1877 – 4 July 1952) was a German actor and cinematographer known for '' Girl in the Moon'' (1929) and '' M'' (1931). Biography Karl Platen was born as Carl Platen on March 6, 1877 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He died ...

as Georg Schröder - Corpsdiener *

Dorothea Wieck Dorothea Wieck, born Dora Bertha Olavia Wieck (3 January 1908 in Davos, Switzerland – 20 February 1986 in Berlin, West Germany), was a German theatre and film actress. Early years Dorothea Wieck was born Dora Bertha Olavia Wieck and grew up ...

as Klärchen - seine Tochter *

Viktor Gehring Viktor Gehring (10 January 1889 – 24 April 1978) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.213 Selected filmography * '' The Hunter of Fall'' (1918) * '' The Monastery's Hunter'' (1920) * '' The Chain of Guilt'' (1921) * '' Trutzi from Trutzbe ...

as Ingenieur Frank * Carla Färber as Trude - Klärchens Freundin * I.W. Lautsch as Bornschläger * Maria Meyerhofer as seine Frau *

Josef Eichheim Josef Theodor Ludwig Eichheim (23 February 1888 – 13 November 1945) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg'' (1926) * '' The Women's War'' (1928) * '' Behind Monastery Walls'' (1928) * '' Peter Voss, T ...

as Schneidermeister Stenglein *

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as seine Frau * Frau Heuberger-Schönemann as Frau Klinger * Georg Irmer as Fritz Merkelbach

References

Bibliography

* Lamb, Andrew. ''150 Years of Popular Musical Theatre''. Yale University Press, 2000.

External links

* 1926 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Arthur Bergen Films set in Heidelberg Bavaria Film films German black-and-white films {{Germany-silent-film-stub