''The Master of the Estate'' (German: ''Der Majoratsherr'') is a 1943 German

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directed by

Hans Deppe Hans Deppe (; 12 November 1897 – 23 September 1969) was a German actor and film director. Filmography As director As actor References External links * 1897 births 1969 deaths German male film actors German television dire ...

and starring

Willy Birgel Willy Birgel (19 September 1891 – 29 December 1973), born Wilhelm Maria Birgel, was a German theatre and film actor. Career Birgel began his acting career before World War I on the stage in his native city of Cologne, and came to movies ra ...

, Viktoria von Ballasko and Anneliese Uhlig.Kreimeier p.354

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took place in

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and Ramsau in the Bavarian Alps. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Gülstorff and Carl Ludwig Kirmse. It is based on the 1895 Swedish novel ''Der Majoratsherr von Halleborg'' by Alfred von Hedenstjerna.

Cast

as Bernhard von Halleborg * Viktoria von Ballasko as Amelie von Linden * Anneliese Uhlig as Julia Dahl * Ernst Sattler as von Linden, Amelies Vater * Heddo Schulenburg as Kurt, ihr Bruder * Doris Holve as Christa, ihre Schwester * Arthur Schröder as Dr. Osterkamp *

Harry Liedtke Harry Liedtke (12 October 1882 – 28 April 1945) was a German film actor. Early life Liedtke was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a merchant as the seventh out of 12 children. After the death of his father in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage ...

as Dr. Stempel *

Werner Scharf Werner Scharf (19 September 1905 – 30 April 1945) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 45 films between 1929 and 1945. Personal life Scharf served in the ''Volkssturm'' during the Second World War and was killed in action on 30 A ...

as Oskar von Halleborg * Maria Locatelli as Cilli, seine Frau * Knut Hartwig as Plate, Gutsinspektor *

Hedwig Wangel Hedwig Wangel (1875–1961) was a German stage and film actress. Life and career Born as Amalie Pauline Hedwig Simon on September 23, 1875, in Berlin in the German Empire, Hedwig Wangel was the daughter of a music publisher. After studying acting ...

as Malena, Wirtschafterin * Erwin Biegel as Karl, Diener * Ernst Karchow as Professor Lindroth

References

Bibliography

* Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945''. University of California Press, 1999. * Rentschler, Eric. ''The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife''. Harvard University Press, 1996.

External links

* 1943 films Films of Nazi Germany German drama films 1943 drama films 1940s German-language films German black-and-white films 1940s German films Films directed by Hans Deppe UFA GmbH films Films shot in Bavaria Films based on Swedish novels {{1940s-Germany-film-stub de:Der Majoratsherr