''Rose Bernd'' is a 1957 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 ...

directed by Wolfgang Staudte. It was adapted from the play of the same name by

Gerhart Hauptmann Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (; 15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into his work as well. He rece ...

and was entered into the

1957 Cannes Film Festival The 10th Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 17 May 1957. ''Nights of Cabiria'' by Federico Fellini, '' La casa del ángel'' by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, ''A Man Escaped'' by Robert Bresson, and ''The Seventh Seal'' by Ingmar Bergman were enter ...

. 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 Fir ...

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

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

Hans Berthel Hans Berthel (1914 2003) was a German art director active in the West German film industry.Lucanio & Coville p.223 During the Second World War he served in the Luftwaffe, spending time as a prisoner of war in Canada Canada is a count ...

and Robert Stratil.

Cast

Maria Schell Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (15 January 1926 – 26 April 2005) was an Austrian-Swiss actress. She was one of the leading stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1954, she was awarded the Cannes Best Actress Award for her performance ...

as Rose Bernd *

Raf Vallone The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's Air force, air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal ...

as Arthur Streckmann *

Käthe Gold Käthe Gold (11 February 1907 – 11 October 1997) was an Austrian actress. Born in Vienna, she trained in that city as an actress and then went to Bern, Breslau (now Wrocław) and Munich. In 1932 she went to Berlin, where she remained until 1 ...

as Henriette Flamm * Leopold Biberti as Christoph Flamm * Hannes Messemer as August Keil *

Arthur Wiesner Arthur Wiesner (1895–1980) was a German stage and film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as ...

as Vater Bernd * Krista Keller as Maria Schubert *

Siegfried Lowitz Siegfried Lowitz (22 September 1914 – 27 June 1999) was a German actor. Born in Berlin, he played the Hauptkommissar ''Erwin Köster'' in the German television drama '' Der Alte''. Prior to his tenure as Hauptkommissar, he played a killer ...

as Judge *

Helmut Brasch Helmut Brasch (1912–1987) was a German film, television actor and cabaret singer. In 1945 he sang ''Child of the Ruins'' (german: Das Trümmerkind), which describes some facets of Berlin society. He played S.S. Man Scharf in Divina-Film ''Nach ...

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1957 films 1957 drama films German drama films West German films 1950s German-language films Films based on works by Gerhart Hauptmann Films directed by Wolfgang Staudte German films based on plays Bavaria Film films Films shot at Bavaria Studios 1950s German films {{1950s-drama-film-stub