''The Forests Sing Forever'' (German: ''Und ewig singen die Wälder'') is a 1959 Austrian

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

Paul May Paul May (8 May 1909 – 25 February 1976) was a German film director and editor. He directed 40 films between 1935 and 1972. Biography He was the son of Peter Ostermayr, a film producer with Universum Film AG, and his wife Olga, ''née' ...

and starring

Gert Fröbe Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe (; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor. He was best known in English-speaking countries for his work as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film '' Goldfinger'', as Peachum in ''The Threepenny Oper ...

Hansjörg Felmy Hansjörg Felmy (born Hans-Jörg Hellmuth Felmy; 31 January 1931 – 24 August 2007) was a German actor. He appeared in 50 films and television shows between 1957 and 1995. Films like ''Der Stern von Afrika'' and ''Wir Wunderkinder'' made hi ...

and Joachim Hansen. It was followed by a 1960 sequel ''

The Inheritance of Bjorndal ''The Inheritance of Bjorndal'' (German: ''Das Erbe von Björndal'') is a 1960 Austrian drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Maj-Britt Nilsson, Brigitte Horney and Ellen Schwiers.von Dassanowsky p.176 It is the sequel to the 1959 fi ...

''. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Leo Metzenbauer Leo Metzenbauer (15 January 1910 – 10 April 1993) was an Austrian art director.Kaul p.28 Selected filmography * '' Daughter of the Regiment'' (1953) * '' The Schimeck Family'' (1957) * ''The Forests Sing Forever'' (1959) * '' Gustav Adolf's ...

, and it was filmed at the

Bjølstad Farm The Bjølstad Farm ( no, Bjølstad gård) is a farm in Heidal in the municipality of Sel in Innlandet county, Norway. The farm was mentioned in written sources as early as 1270. Eirik Bjørnsson, who gradually purchased the farm in the 1430s, was ...

Cast

as Dag sen. *

as Tore * Joachim Hansen as young Dag * Carl Lange as Mr. von Gall *Anna Smolik as Elisabeth von Gall * Hans Nielsen as Major Barre * Maj-Britt Nilsson as Adelheid *

Elisabeth Epp Elisabeth Eschbaum (26 January 1910 - 29 October 2000) was a German actress. She appeared in more than twenty films from 1949 to 1992. Selected filmography References External links * 1910 births 2000 deaths German film actresses

as Jungfer Kruse *

Jürgen Goslar Jürgen Goslar (26 March 1927 – 5 October 2021Traueranzeige
Nordwest Trauer, 16 October 2021, ...

as Lt. Margas *

Hanns Ernst Jäger Hanns Ernst Jäger (1 January 1910 – 15 August 1973) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1958 and 1972. Filmography References External links * 1910 births 1973 deaths German male ...

as Der Hoveländer *Hilde Schreiber as Seine Tochter Borghild *Fritz Hinz-Fabricius as Pfarrer Ramer *

Franz Schafheitlin Franz Schafheitlin (9 August 1895 – 6 February 1980) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1927 and 1974. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Pullach, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Bordellos ...

as Kaufmann Holder - Schwager des alten Dag *Peter Schmidberger as Jörn Vielfalt of Björndal

References

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* 1950s historical drama films Austrian historical drama films Films directed by Paul May Films based on Norwegian novels Films set in Norway Films set in the 19th century Films set in forests 1959 drama films 1950s German-language films {{Austria-film-stub