''The Hunter from Roteck'' (German: ''Der Jäger vom Roteck'') is a 1956 West German

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

Hermann Kugelstadt Hermann Kugelstadt (1912–2001) was a German screenwriter and film director.Von Dassanowsky p.171 In the 1950s he directed a number of productions in the popular heimatfilm tradition. During the 1960s he switched to television work. Selected fil ...

and starring Michael Cramer,

Doris Kirchner Doris Kirchner (3 May 1930 – 26 March 2015) was an Austrian stage, film and television actress. Kirchner died in Ahrensburg, Germany on 26 March 2015, at the age of 84. Selected filmography * '' Fanfare of Marriage'' (1953) * '' Arlette Conqu ...

and

Oskar Sima Oskar Sima (31 July 1896 – 24 June 1969) was an Austrian actor who is best remembered for appearing in supporting roles in countless comedy films from the 1930s to the 1960s. Born in Hohenau an der March, Lower Austria, Sima attended high sch ...

.Meier p.339 It is a

heimatfilm ' (, German for "homeland-films"; German singular: ') were films of a genre popular in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. ''Heimat'' can be translated as "home" (in the geographic sense), "hometown" or "homela ...

, made when the genre was at its peak. It was shot at the

Göttingen Studios The Göttingen Studios were film studios located in the German city of Göttingen. The studios were established in 1948 on a site that had previously been used as an aeroplane hangar on the outskirts of Göttingen. The studios were founded by the ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Walter Blokesch and Curt Stallmach.

Cast

* Michael Cramer as Bert Steiner *

as Johanna *

as Attenberger *

Heinz Engelmann Heinz Engelmann (1911–1996) was a German film actor. He was married to the actress Gertrud Meyen. Selected filmography * '' D III 88'' (1939) * ''Drei Unteroffiziere'' (1939) * ''Congo Express'' (1939) * ''The Girl at the Reception'' (1940) * ...

as Matthias Feldner *

Petra Peters Petra Peters (31 March 1925 – 31 July 2004) was a German stage and film actress.Goble p.263 In the late 1940s she made her name appearing in films made by the East German DEFA studio. She was married to the actor Albert Lieven. Selected filmogr ...

as Christl, Sennerin *

Emmerich Schrenk Emmerich Schrenk (2 November 1915 - 2 October 1988) was an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1949 to 1983. Filmography References External links * 1915 births 1988 deaths Austrian male film actors Austrian ...

as Georg Rüst *

Beppo Brem Beppo Brem (11 March 1906 in Munich, German Empire – September 5, 1990 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor, who was in over 200 film and television productions between 1932 and 1990. He often played stereotypically Bavarian characte ...

as Jadriga *

Lucie Englisch Lucie Englisch (8 February 1902, in Baden bei Wien – 12 October 1965) was an Austrian actress. She was married to the actor Heinrich Fuchs. Selected filmography * ''The Night Belongs to Us'' (1929) * ''Three Days Confined to Barracks'' (1930 ...

as Mutter Attenberger * Ado Riegler as Forstwart

References

Bibliography

* Meier, Gustav. ''Filmstadt Göttingen: Bilder für eine neue Welt? : zur Geschichte der Göttinger Spielfilmproduktion 1945 bis 1961''. Reichold, 1996.

External links

* 1956 films 1956 drama films German drama films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Hermann Kugelstadt Films based on German novels 1950s German films Films shot at Göttingen Studios German black-and-white films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub