''My Heart Longs for Love'' (German: ''Mein Herz sehnt sich nach Liebe'') is a 1931 German

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directed by

Eugen Thiele Eugen Thiele (1897–1938) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. Of Jewish backgroundPrawer p.213 he was the younger brother of Wilhelm Thiele. After a spell as an actor he established himself as a director in the Cinema of Germany, Germ ...

and starring

Trude Berliner Trude Berliner (28 February 1903 – 26 February 1977) was a German actress. She was one of many Jewish actors and actresses who were forced to flee Europe when the Nazis came to power in 1933. Biography Berliner was born Gertrude Berliner in Be ...

Max Adalbert Max Adalbert (born Johannes Adolph Krampf; 19 February 1874 – 7 September 1933) was a German stage and film actor. Biography Adalbert was born in Danzig (Gdansk), Imperial Germany as ''Maximilian Adalbert Krampf'' to a Prussian Officer. He u ...

and

Johannes Riemann Johannes Riemann (31 May 1888 – 30 September 1959) was a German actor and film director. Riemann was a member of the Nazi Party.Ernst Klee (2007) ''Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich: Wer war was vor und nach 1945''. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Ver ...

.Klaus p.202 The film's sets were designed by the

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Botho Hoefer Botho Hoefer (1880–1958) was a German art director.Parrill p.231 Selected filmography * '' The Golden Plague'' (1921) * ''Lucrezia Borgia'' (1922) * '' Louise de Lavallière'' (1922) * '' The Evangelist'' (1924) * '' The Hobgoblin'' (1924) * ' ...

and

Bernhard Schwidewski Bernhard Schwidewski (1885–1966) was a German art director.Hardt p.234 Selected filmography * ''The Tragedy of a Great'' (1920) * '' Struggle for the Soil'' (1925) * ''The Dice Game of Life'' (1925) * ''Lightning'' (1925) * '' Gretchen Schubert ...

Cast

as Elly Wallis *

as Anton Heberlein *

as Dr. Hans Agerty *

Marianne Winkelstern Marianne Winkelstern (1910–1966) was a German dancer and actress.Hardt p.238 She retired and settled in Britain after marrying an Englishman. Selected filmography * ''The Carnival Prince'' (1928) * ''The Circus Princess'' (1929) * ''The White D ...

as Gerda * Ernö Verebes as Fritz Heberlein *

Senta Söneland Senta Söneland (9 September 1882 – 20 July 1934) was a German stage and film actress.Ball p.68 Selected filmography * '' The Canned Bride'' (1915) * '' Benjamin the Timid'' (1916) * '' The King of Paris'' (1930) * '' The Copper'' (1930) * ''Su ...

as Iduna Liebreich *

Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrian theatre and film actor. Life and work Paul Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger, founder of the ...

as Gehring *

Margarete Sachse Margarete is a German feminine given name. It is derived from Ancient Greek ''margarites'' (μαργαρίτης), meaning "the pearl". Via the Latin ''margarita'', it arrived in the German sprachraum. Related names in English include Daisy, Gre ...

as Frl. Sauerzapf *

Kurt Lilien Kurt Lilien (born Kurt Lilienthal; 6 August 1882 – 28 May 1943) was a German actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1919 and 1933. Lilien was born into a Jewish family, Lilien would be arrested and sent to Sobibor extermination camp by the ...

as Portier * Karl Wagner *

Arthur Reppert Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more w ...

Oskar Höcker Oskar Höcker (13 June 1840 – 8 April 1894) was a German author of historical novels for children and a stage actor. Biography Oskar Höcker was born in a suburb of Eilenburg, in the Prussian Province of Saxony, as was his brother, author Gu ...

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Parish, James Robert. ''Film Actors Guide: Western Europe''. Scarecrow Press, 1977. * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1931''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

External links

* 1931 films 1930s romance films Films of the Weimar Republic German romance films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Eugen Thiele German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub