''The Violin Maker of Mittenwald'' (german: Der Geigenmacher von Mittenwald) is a 1950 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

Rudolf Schündler Rudolf Ernst Paul Schündler (17 April 1906, in Leipzig – 12 December 1988, in Munich) was a German actor and director. He played "Karl" in ''The Exorcist'' (1973). After finishing the film ''The Nasty Girl'', Schündler died of a heart attack ...

and starring

Willy Rösner Willy Rösner (1893–1966) was a German stage and film actor.Parrill p.131 Selected filmography * '' The King's Prisoner'' (1935) * '' The Monastery's Hunter'' (1935) * '' The Hunter of Fall'' (1936) * ''Frau Sixta'' (1938) * ''Water for Canitog ...

Paul Richter Paul Richter (1 April 1895 – 30 December 1961) was an Austrian film actor. He owed his great popularity in German films of the silent era largely to the directors Joe May and Fritz Lang. Biography Richter made his film debut right before W ...

and Franziska Kinz. 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 ...

, based on

Ludwig Ganghofer Ludwig Ganghofer (7 July 1855 – 24 July 1920) was a German writer who became famous for his homeland novels. Biography He was born in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, the son of forestry official August Ganghofer (1827–1900). His younger sister Ida (186 ...

's play of the same name.Goble p. 173 It was shot at the

Bavaria Studios Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film. History The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Firs ...

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

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took place in the

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Cremona Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' ( Po Valley). It is the capital of th ...

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and

Mittenwald Mittenwald is a German municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria. Geography Mittenwald is located approximately 16 kilometres to the south-east of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is situated in the Valley of the River Isar, ...

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

, known as a historic centre of violin manufacturing.

Cast

as Benedikt Oberbucher *

as Vitus Brandner * Franziska Kinz as Posthalterin *

Erika von Thellmann Erika von Thellmann (1902–1988) was an Austrian actress who appeared in more than a hundred films and television series during her career.Fritsche p.254 Selected filmography * '' The Stone Rider'' (1923) * '' Marriage Strike'' (1935) *'' The Gr ...

as Kuni Schlederer *

Ingeborg Cornelius Ingeborg Cornelius (born 1930) is an Austrian stage and film actress.Goble p.173 She appeared in a number of heimatfilm during the 1950s, having been discovered by the producer Peter Ostermayr. Selected filmography * ''The Violin Maker of Mitten ...

as Afra Schlederer *

Erika Remberg Erika Remberg (15 February 1932 – 10 November 2017) was an Austrian film actress. She appeared in 31 films between 1950 and 1970. She was born in Medan, Indonesia. Selected filmography * '' Laila'' (1958) * ''The Violin Maker of Mittenwal ...

as Veronika *

Elise Aulinger Elise Aulinger (11 December 1881 – 12 February 1965) was a German stage, radio and film actress. Selected filmography * ''The Favourite of the Queen'' (1922) * ''Martin Luther'' (1923) * ''What the Stones Tell'' (1925) * ''The Seventh Son'' (1 ...

as Barbara *

Gustl Gstettenbaur Gustl Gstettenbaur (1 March 1914 – 20 November 1996) was a German stage, film and television actor. Born in Bavaria, Gustl Gstettenbaur began his career onstage as a child actor in 1927, at the age of thirteen. He went on to play a variety of ...

as Ludwig *

Heinz-Leo Fischer Heinz-Leo Fischer (1902–1977) was an Austrian stage, television and film actor. During the Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic (german: link=no, Weimarer Republik ), officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 19 ...

as Serventa *

Sepp Nigg Sepp may refer to: *Sepp (given name) *Sepp (surname) *Science & Environmental Policy Project * Sepp (publisher) *Substantially equal periodic payments, US tax-law provision *Single Edge Processor Package * State Enterprise for Pesticide Productio ...

as Klarinettensteffl *

Thea Aichbichler Thea Aichbichler Mohr (21 August 1889 – 25 June 1957) was a German actress. She appeared in more than thirty films from 1934 to 1957. Selected filmography References External links * 1889 births 1957 deaths German film actresses ...

as Theres *

Rolf Pinegger Rolf Pinegger (25 March 1873 – 18 October 1957) was a German stage and film actor who appeared in over forty films, generally in supporting roles. Selected filmography * ''The Dying Salome'' (1919) * ''The Last Shot'' (1920) * ''The Blame'' ( ...

as Jägerfranzl *

Franz Fröhlich Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see ...

as Posthalter *

Minna Spaeth Minna is a city in Middle Belt Nigeria. It is the capital city of Niger State, one of Nigeria's 36 federal states. It consists of two major ethnic groups: the Gbagyi and the Nupe. History Archaeological evidence suggests settlement in th ...

as Agathe *

Hans Pössenbacher Hans Pössenbacher (14 July 1895 – 24 February 1979) was an Austrian-born German actor. Filmography References External links * 1895 births 1979 deaths German male film actors Actors from Graz 20th-century German male actors ...

as Loisl *

Karl Finkenzeller Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austria ...

as Italienischer Reisender *

Ruth Killer Ruth (or its variants) may refer to: Places France * Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France Switzerland * Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny United States * Ruth, Alabama * Ruth, Ar ...

as Freundin von Serventa *

Bertl Schultes Bertl Schultes (1881–1964) was a German comedy stage and film actor. He travelled with the director Franz Osten to India for the making of The Light of Asia in 1925, acting as an interpreter and assistant director.Rogowski p.171 Selected fil ...

as Bürgermeister * Karl Theodor Langen * Loni Schultes * Ruth Kappelsberger *

Georg Bauer Georgius Agricola (; born Georg Pawer or Georg Bauer; 24 March 1494 – 21 November 1555) was a German Humanist scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist. Born in the small town of Glauchau, in the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empire ...

Melanie Webelhorst Melanie is a feminine given name derived from the Greek μελανία (melania), "blackness" and that from μέλας (melas), meaning "dark".1950 films West German films German drama films 1950 drama films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Rudolf Schündler Films shot at Bavaria Studios Bavaria Film films Films set in the Alps German films based on plays Films based on works by Ludwig Ganghofer Remakes of German films Films about violins and violinists German black-and-white films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub