''The Heath is Green'' (german: Grün ist die Heide) is a 1972

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

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

Harald Reinl Harald Reinl (8 July 1908 in Bad Ischl, Austria – 9 October 1986 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain) was an Austrian film director. He is known for the films he made based on Edgar Wallace and Karl May books (see Karl May movies and Edgar Wal ...

and starring Roy Black, Monika Lundi and

Peter Millowitsch Peter Millowitsch is a German film and television actor. He is the director of the Volkstheater Millowitsch which he took over in 1999 following the death of his father Willy Millowitsch Willy Millowitsch (, ; 8 January 1909 – 20 Septemb ...

. Three friends take their holiday at a remote house in the middle of a heath, but soon grow bored of it and go out looking for excitement. It is not a remake of the 1951 film '' The Heath Is Green'', but is also based on the motifes by

Hermann Löns Hermann Löns (29 August 1866 – 26 September 1914) was a German journalist and writer. He is most famous as "The Poet of the Heath" for his novels and poems celebrating the people and landscape of the North German moors, particularly the L ...

. Some of his poems were turned into songs in this movie.

Cast

* Roy Black as Norbert * Monika Lundi as Ursula *

as Möps *

Jutta Speidel Jutta Speidel (; born 26 March 1954) is a German actress. She had her first television role at the age of 15. Jutta Speidel appeared in ''Schulmadchen Report 1'' (1970), which was directed by Ernst Hofbauer and produced by Wolf C. Hartwig. She ...

as Hanna Engelmann *Rainer Rudolph as Bernie *Viktoria Brams as Anita *

Heidi Kabel Heidi Bertha Auguste Kabel (; 27 August 1914 – 15 June 2010) was a German actress and musician. Most of her stage roles were performed at the Ohnsorg-Theater in Hamburg, many of them in Low German. She became famous in Germany as many of the pr ...

as Frau Engelmann * Henry Vahl as Opa *Jean-Claude Hoffmann as Stefan *

Günther Schramm Günther Schramm (born 18 February 1929) is a German film and television actor. In 1958 he married the actress Gudrun Thielemann. Selected filmography * '' The Ambassador'' (1960) * ''The Happy Years of the Thorwalds'' (1962) * ''Snow White an ...

as Dr. Velten

References

External links

* 1970s musical comedy films German musical comedy films West German films Films directed by Harald Reinl Remakes of German films Constantin Film films 1970s German-language films 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub