''Love in May'' (German: ''Liebe im Mai'') is a 1928 Austrian

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

directed by

Robert Wohlmuth Robert Wohlmuth (1902–1987) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. Following the Anschluss of 1938, Wohlmuth was forced to flee Austria. He went to America where he worked under the name Robert Wilmot.Parker & Poole p.124 Selected film ...

and starring

Wolf Albach-Retty Wolf Albach-Retty (born Wolfgang Helmuth Albert Albach; 28 May 1906 – 21 February 1967) was an Austrian actor. He was the father of Romy Schneider with the German actress Magda Schneider. Career Born as Wolfgang Helmuth Albert Albach in Vienna ...

Betty Astor Betty Astor (21 April 1905 – 1972) was a German film actress. She was born Berta Baesel in Germany. Selected filmography * ''Upstairs and Downstairs'' (1925) * '' Should We Be Silent?'' (1926) * ''The Transformation of Dr. Bessel'' (1927) ...

and

Igo Sym Karol Juliusz "Igo" Sym (3 July 1896 – 7 March 1941) was a actor and collaboration, collaborator with Nazi Germany. He was killed in Warsaw by members of the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish resistance movement. Early career ...

.Dziergwa p.154 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Artur Berger Artur Semyonovich Berger (german: Arthur Berger, russian: Артур Семёнович Бергер; 27 May 1892 – 11 January 1981) was an Austrian-Soviet film architect and set designer. He was active in Austria between 1920 and 1936, during ...

and

Emil Stepanek Emil Stepanek (21 February 1895 – 12 April 1945) was an Austrian set designer and film architect. Biography Stepanek was born in Vienna, the son of a carpenter, and received a training in stage set construction, in which he worked for severa ...

Cast

In alphabetical order *

* Oscar Beregi Sr. *

Eugen Guenther Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923 * Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and pat ...

Hanni Hoess Hanni or Hänni may refer to: People with the given name Hanni: * Hanni Bjartalíð (born 1968), Faroese painter * Hanni Ehlers (born 1954), German translator * Hanni Ossott (1946–2002), Venezuelan poet * Hanni Wenzel (born 1956), Liechtensteiner ...

Hans Junkermann Hennes "Hans" Junkermann (6 May 1934 – 11 April 2022) was a German professional racing cyclist who won 35 road races in 18 seasons from 1956 to 1973. He won the German National Road Race in 1959, 1960, and 1961. Biography Junkermann was bor ...

Hugo Thimig Hugo August Thimig (16 June 1854 – 24 September 1944), although born in Germany, spent his working life in Austria as an actor, director, and director of the ''Burgtheater'' in Vienna. Biography Thimig was the founding father of one of Au ...

References

Bibliography

* Roman Dziergwa. ''Am Vorabend des Grauens: Studien zum Spannungsfeld Politik, Literatur, Film in Deutschland und Polen in den 30er Jahren des 20. Jahrhunderts''. 2005.

External links

* 1928 films Austrian silent feature films Films directed by Robert Wohlmuth Austrian black-and-white films {{Austria-film-stub