Hanneles Himmelfahrt (film)

Hanneles Himmelfahrt
Hanneles Himmelfahrt
Directed by	Thea von Harbou
Screenplay by	Thea von Harbou
Based on	The Assumption of Hannele; by Gerhart Hauptmann
Produced by	Gabriel Levy
Starring	Inge Landgut
Cinematography	Robert Baberske
Edited by	Fritz C. Mauch
Music by	Gottfried Huppertz
Production; company	Aafa-Film
Release date	13 April 1934;
Running time	66 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Hanneles Himmelfahrt is a 1934 German drama film directed by Thea von Harbou and starring Inge Landgut. It is set in a small mountain village and tells the story of Hannele, an unhappy girl who is beaten by her stepfather and tries to commit suicide. The film is based on the play The Assumption of Hannele by Gerhart Hauptmann. It has strong Christian themes.^[1]

An earlier adaptation of the play directed by Urban Gad was released in 1922.^[2] Harbou was best known as a screenwriter; Hanneles Himmelfahrt was her second and last film as director. It premiered in Berlin on 13 April 1934.^[1]

Cast[edit]

Inge Landgut as Hannele
Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Mattern, her stepfather
Käte Haack as sister Martha
Theodor Loos as Gottwald, teacher
Elisabeth Wendt as Hete
Else Ehser as Tulpe
Ilse Fürstenberg as Wirtin
Paul Rehkopf as Wirt
Alfred Stratmann as Schmidt, forest worker
Hans Mitzlaff as Hanke

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Hanneles Himmelfahrt (1934)". Filmportal.de (in German). Deutsches Filminstitut. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
^ "Hanneles Himmelfahrt (1922)". Filmportal.de (in German). Deutsches Filminstitut. Retrieved 2015-05-13.

External links[edit]

Hanneles Himmelfahrt at IMDb

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[filmportal-1] "Hanneles Himmelfahrt (1934)". Filmportal.de (in German). Deutsches Filminstitut. Retrieved 2015-05-13.

[2] "Hanneles Himmelfahrt (1922)". Filmportal.de (in German). Deutsches Filminstitut. Retrieved 2015-05-13.

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