The Blacksmith of St. Bartholomae (German: Der Schmied von St. Bartholomä) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Max Michel and starring Viktor Staal, Marianne Koch and Annie Rosar.[1] [2] It was shot on location at Berchtesgaden in Bavaria and in a makeshift studio nearby. The film's sets were designed by the art director Curt Stallmach. It was part of the postwar boom in heimatfilm that peaked around this year.
| The Blacksmith of St. Bartholomae | |
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| Directed by | Max Michel |
| Written by | Hanns Beck-Gaden Karl Heinz Busse Hans Prechtl |
| Produced by | Hans Engelmann |
| Starring | Viktor Staal Marianne Koch Annie Rosar |
| Cinematography | Klaus von Rautenfeld |
| Edited by | Herbert Taschner |
| Music by | Karl Bette |
Production company | Kronen-Film |
| Distributed by | DEFIR |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Synopsis
editAfter nine years in a Soviet Prisoner of War camp, a former blacksmith returns to his home village in the Alps but has been left emotionally scarred and bitter from his experiences and struggles to settle back in.
Cast
edit- Viktor Staal as Thomas
- Marianne Koch as Marianne
- Heinz Engelmann as Martin
- Annie Rosar as Andrea
- Rolf von Nauckhoff as Pater Bernhard
- Sepp Rist as Gend.-Inspektor
- Gustl Gstettenbaur as Max
- Peter Czejke as Walter
- Til Kiwe as Ruppert
- Heinz Schimmelpfennig as Landstreicher
- Franz Loskarn as Gend.-Komissar
References
editBibliography
edit- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Moeller, Robert G. War Stories: The Search for a Usable Past in the Federal Republic of Germany. University of California Press, 2001.
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