''Roses Bloom on the Moorland'' (German: ''Rosen blühen auf dem Heidegrab'') is a 1929 German silent

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

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-g ...

directed by Kurt Blachy and starring

Wolfgang von Schwind Wolfgang von Schwind also spelled Wolfgang von Schwindt (4 July 1879 – 19 April 1949) was an Austrian actor and opera singer. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1920 to 1947. He was the grandson of Austrian painter Moritz von Schwind ...

Hertha Guthmar Hertha Guthmar (born 1908) was a German film actress of the 1930s.Eisner p.348 Selected filmography * '' Roses Bloom on the Moorland'' (1929) * '' Ariane'' (1931) * '' The Mad Bomberg'' (1932) * ''Ways to a Good Marriage ''Ways to a Good Marria ...

and

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) ...

.Krautz p.289 During the

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a German inhabitant is sentenced to death for striking a French soldier who assaulted his wife. Some scenes were shot on location on

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. The film's sets were designed by

August Rinaldi August Rinaldi (1883–1962) was a German art director. He worked on around fifty films during the silent era. Rinaldi was of Jewish descent.Prawer p.212 Selected filmography * ''Let There Be Light'' (1917) * '' Diary of a Lost Woman'' (1918) * ...

. It received a generally poor reception from critics on its release.

Cast

as Martin Schlaeger, Dorfschulze *

as Luise, seine Tochter *

Alfons Fryland Alfons Fryland (1 May 1888 – 29 November 1953) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 47 films between 1921 and 1933. He was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) and died in Graz, Austria. Selected filmography * '' Labyrinth des ...

as Joachim Schlaeger, Heidebauer *

as Anna, seine Frau * Dietrich Henkels as Joachim, beider Sohn *

Karl Falkenberg Karl Falkenberg (born Karl Franz Josef Falkenberg, 6 April 1887 – died after 1936) was a German-Jewish film actor. Selected filmography * '' Clown Charly'' (1918) * '' Cain'' (1918) * '' Blackmailed'' (1920) * ''The Song of the Puszta'' (1 ...

as Bracke, Steuereinnehmer *

Gerhard Dammann Gerhard Dammann (30 March 1883 – 21 February 1946) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Man in the Cellar'' (1914) * ''Under the Lantern'' (1928) * '' Eva in Silk'' (1928) * '' Lemke's Widow'' (1928) * ''When the Mother and ...

as Mertens, Gastwirt * Renate Noack as Martha, seine Tochter *

Robert Leffler Robert Leffler (9 January 1866 – 15 March 1940) was a German actor, film director and opera singer (bass). Selected filmography * '' The Haunted Castle'' (1921) * ''The Fear of Women'' (1921) * '' Rose of the Asphalt Streets'' (1922) * ''A D ...

as Pfarrer Holten *

Rudolf Klein-Rhoden Rudolf Klein-Rhoden (27 January 1871 – 5 January 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Madeleine'' (1919) * '' Sins of the Parents'' (1919) * '' Intoxication'' (1919) * '' Prostitution'' (1919) * ''Indische Nächte'' ...

as Klaus, der Köhler *

Anna Müller-Lincke Anna Müller-Lincke (8 April 1869 – 24 January 1935) was a German stage and film actress and soubrette. Selected filmography * ''Where Is Coletti?'' (1913) * '' The Firm Gets Married'' (1914) * '' The New Paradise'' (1921) * ''Den of Iniquity' ...

as eine Magd *

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as Hauptmann Maray *

Gerd Briese Gerd Briese (25 December 1897 – August 1957) was a German stage and film actor. Briese's film career began in 1924, and he late worked as a stage actor and director. He was killed in a traffic accident in Berlin in 1957, aged 59. Selected fil ...

as junger Ehemann *

Hanni Reinwald Hanni Reinwald (24 August 1903 – 1978) was a German stage actor, stage and film actress.Grange p.252 Originally a child actor, she later graduated to adult roles, and retired from the film industry at the end of the silent era. She was the sis ...

as junge Ehefrau *

Alfred Loretto Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series *Alfred (Arne opera), ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne *Alfred (Dvořák), ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera ...

as Hannes, der Schmied *

Max Maximilian Max Maximilian (born Franz Kuhn; 23 September 1885 – 25 June 1930)Landesarchiv Berlin, Sterberegister StA Schöneweide, Nr. 196/1930 was a German singer, actor and director.Waldman p.141 Career Maximilian was born in Cologne and began his career ...

as Jean, Offiziersbursche *

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 Schäfer *

Paul Rehkopf Paul Anton Heinrich Rehkopf (21 May 1872 – 29 June 1949) was a German actor. He was born in Braunschweig and died in Braunschweig, Germany Selected filmography * '' Diary of a Lost Woman'' (1918) * '' Film Kathi'' (1918) * '' Lorenzo Burghardt ...

as Korporal Landry *

Ernst Rückert Anton Ernst Rückert (20 December 1886 – 3 September 1945) was a German stage and film actor. Rückert began his theatre career in 1908 and has appeared on the stage in Bleicherode, Königsberg and Kiel, among others. In 1910 he took up an eng ...

as Leutnant de Vale *

Magnus Stifter Magnus Stifter (23 January 1878 – 8 September 1943) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in 85 films between 1914 and 1941. He was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), and died in Vienna, Austria. Selected filmograp ...

as Major Roisson

References

Bibliography

* Alfred Krautz. ''International directory of cinematographers, set- and costume designers in film, Volume 4''. Saur, 1984.

External links

* 1929 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Kurt Blachy Films set in the 1800s German historical drama films 1920s historical drama films German black-and-white films 1929 drama films Silent historical drama films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub