Three Birch Trees on the Heath

Three Birch Trees on the Heath (German: Drei Birken auf der Heide) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and starring Margit Saad, Sonja Sutter and Helmuth Schneider. It was one of 54 heimatfilm pictures produced that year, as the genre's popularity reached its peak.[1]

Three Birch Trees on the Heath
Directed byUlrich Erfurth
Written byErich Engels
Wolf Neumeister
Produced byWalter Koppel
Gyula Trebitsch
StarringMargit Saad
Sonja Sutter
Helmuth Schneider
CinematographyWilly Winterstein
Edited byIlse Voigt
Music bySiegfried Franz
Production
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Distributed byJ. Arthur Rank Film
Release date
  • 30 November 1956 (1956-11-30)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The film's sets were designed by the art director Dieter Bartels. The film was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location around Lüneburg Heath outside the city.

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References

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  1. ^ Boa & Palfreyman p.214

Bibliography

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  • Elizabeth Boa & Rachel Palfreyman. Heimat - A German Dream: Regional Loyalties and National Identity in German Culture 1890-1990. OUP Oxford, 21 Sep 2000.
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