''When the Evening Bells Ring'' (German: ''Wenn die Abendglocken läuten'') is a 1930 German silent

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

Hanns Beck-Gaden Hanns is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Hanns Blaschke (1896–1971), Austrian politician *Hanns Bolz (1885–1918), German expressionist and cubist painter * Hanns Brandstätter (born 1949), Austrian fencer *Hanns Braun (18 ...

and starring Josef Berger, Rosa Kirchner-Lang and

. 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 ...

set in

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 ...

.Langford p.97

Cast

* Josef Berger as Melchner * Rosa Kirchner-Lang as Seine Frau *

as Hans, beider Sohn *

Franz Loskarn Franz Loskarn (3 May 1890 – 22 April 1978) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Behind Monastery Walls'' (1928) * '' Almenrausch and Edelweiss'' (1928) * '' Love on Skis'' (1928) * '' Restless Hearts'' (1928) * '' Tracks in the S ...

as Michel, beider Sohn *

Maria Mindzenty Maria Minzenti or sometimes Maria Mindzenty (21 May 1898 – 19 April 1973) was an Austrian film actress. Selected filmography * '' The Duke of Reichstadt'' (1920) * ''The Favourite of the Queen'' (1922) * ''Meriota the Dancer'' (1922) * '' The ...

as Annerl, Pflegekind * Emmy Kronberg as Saffy, Zigeunerin * Theo Kasper as Pietro, Zigeuner * Kaethe Consee as Mosnerwirtin * Fritz Bernet as Simmerl, Gemeindediener *

Fritz Müller Johann Friedrich Theodor Müller (31 March 1822 – 21 May 1897), better known as Fritz Müller, and also as Müller-Desterro, was a German biologist who emigrated to southern Brazil, where he lived in and near the German community of Blumenau, ...

as Ein Vagabund

References

Bibliography

* Langford, Michelle. ''Germany: Directory of World Cinema''. Intellect Books, 2012.

External links

* 1930 films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930 drama films German silent feature films Films set in Bavaria German black-and-white films Silent German drama films 1930s German films 1930s German-language films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub