''Young Heart Full of Love'' (german: Junges Herz voll Liebe) is a 1953 West German

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

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

Heinrich Gretler Heinrich Gretler (1897–1977) was a Swiss film and television actor, who also starred on stage at the Bernhard-Theater in Zurich. Selected filmography * '' The Mysterious Mirror'' (1928) * ''Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (1928) * ''The Man w ...

, Hans Brenner and

Lore Frisch Lore Frisch (1925, Schwindegg – 1962, Potsdam) was a German actress. Selected filmography * '' The Blue and White Lion'' (1952) * ''Young Heart Full of Love ''Young Heart Full of Love'' (german: Junges Herz voll Liebe) is a 1953 West Ger ...

.Holmstrom p. 210 Much of the film was shot on location in and around

Obergurgl Obergurgl is a village in the Ötztal Alps in Tyrol, Austria. Located in the municipality of Sölden, the village has approximately 400 year-round inhabitants, and is mainly a tourist resort. At an elevation of , Obergurgl is the highest parish i ...

and the

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in the

Austrian Tyrol Tyrol (; german: Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a state (''Land'') in western Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical Princely County of Tyrol. It is a constituent part of the present-day Euroregion Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino ( ...

Synopsis

After losing his parents in an

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, a boy becomes devoted to the animals on his farm.

Cast

as Großvater Moosleitner * Hans Brenner as Hansi Moosleitner 'Haflingersepp' *

as Mariele Moosleitner *

Bernhard Wicki Bernhard Wicki (28 October 1919 – 5 January 2000) was an Austrian actor and film director. Life and career Wicki studied in the city of Breslau such topics as art history, history and German literature. In 1938, he transferred to the d ...

as Vitus Zingerl *

Armin Dahlen Armin Dahlen (14 October 1919 – 26 July 2013) was an Austrian actor. He also directed for television. He starred in the 1954 Ealing Studios drama '' The Divided Heart''. He died in July 2013 at the age of 93. Selected filmography * '' White ...

as Junglehrer Gstreiner *

Rudolf Carl Rudolf Carl (19 June 189915 January 1987) was an Austrian actor who appeared in more than 150 German language films between 1934 and 1969. He also directed two films '' Der Leberfleck'' and '' Dort in der Wachau''. Selected filmography * '' Poli ...

as Altlehrer Sagschnöller *

Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrian theatre and film actor. Life and work Paul Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger, founder of the ...

as Landesstallmeister * Hermann Kowan as Rauthaler *

Wolf Ackva Wolf Ackva (30 July 1911 – 16 January 2000) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1935 and 1996. Selected filmography References External links * 1911 births 2000 deaths People from ...

as Tonio Rossi *

Werner Lieven Werner may refer to: People * Werner (name), origin of the name and people with this name as surname and given name Fictional characters * Werner (comics), a German comic book character * Werner Von Croy, a fictional character in the ''Tomb Rai ...

as Italienischer Wirt * Leni Gehrig as Sängerin * Kurt E. Ludwig as Peppo * Uli Steigberg as Cesare

References

Bibliography

* John Holmstrom. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995''. Michael Russell, 1996.

External links

* 1953 films 1953 drama films German drama films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Paul May German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot in Austria Films set in the Alps {{1950s-Germany-film-stub