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The Heath Is Green (1951 film)

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'The Heath Is Green' is a 1951 West German drama film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Sonja Ziemann, Rudolf Prack, and Maria Holst.

Plot



The film is set in the Lneburg Heath region. The plot centers around a poacher (Lder Ldersen), a game warden (Walter Rainer) hunting the poacher, the murder of a police officer, and two love affairs. The main love affair and the main source of moral conflict is between the game keeper and the poacher's daughter (Helga Ldersen). The film has a happy ending, the murderer is arrested, Helga and Walter become a couple.

Cast



* Sonja Ziemann as Helga Ldersen

* Rudolf Prack as Walter Rainer

* Maria Holst as Nora von Buckwitz

* Willy Fritsch as judge

* Hans Stwe as Lder Ldersen

* Hans Richter as Hannes

* Otto Gebhr as Gottfried Ldersen

* Oskar Sima as circus manager

* Kurt Reimann as Nachtigall

* Ludwig Schmitz as Tnnes

* Josef Sieber as 'Oberfrster' (head game warden)

* Margarete Haagen as Mrs. Ldersen

* Else Reval as 'Frau Zirkusdirektor'

* Karl Finkenzeller as Pistek

* Ernst Waldow as pharmacist

Production



'Grn ist die Heide' is based on an eponymous novel by Hermann Lns. An earlier movie version was made in 1932.

Cinematography took place from 28 August to 16 September 1951 in the Lneburg Heath and at Bleckede, and from 19 September to 26 September in the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin.

A third movie with the same name from 1972 was not a remake, but just used some of Lns' poems for song lyrics.

Reception



The FSK gave the film a rating of "6 and up" and deemed it suitable for screening on public holidays.

The film premiered on 14 November 1951 at the 'Palast' in Hanover. It was the most successful release of the 1951/1952 season in Germany. It is an example of the 'Heimatfilm' genre of post-WW II West German cinema.

In 1952, it received the Bambi Award as the most successful film.

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