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'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 produced that year, as the genre's popularity reached its peak.Boa & Palfreyman p.214

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 Lneburg Heath outside the city.

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Cast



* Margit Saad as Susanna, Zigeunerin

* Sonja Sutter as Rose Heidkmper

* Helmuth Schneider as Hans Freese, Revierfrster

* Albert Matterstock as Jan Wedekind, Verleger

* Rolf Wanka as Ern, Zigeunerprimas

* Irene von Meyendorff as Ada Wedekind

* Paul Henckels as Vater Heidkmper, Imker

* Albert Florath as Pastor Mettelmann

* Carsta Lck as Meta, Haushlterin bei Wedekind

* Robert Meyn as Rackebrand, Forstmeister

* Hubert Hilten as Mirko, junger Zigeuner

* Bum Krger as Kriminalassistent Grimm

* Balduin Baas as Plaskude

* Jochen Meyn as Sterthus, Hilfsfrster

* Hans Schwarz Jr. as Oldehoff, Torfbauer

* Lore Schulz as Trina, Dorfmdchen

* Hans Fitze as Ahrens, Gemeindevorsteher

* Werner Schumacher as Born, Wachtmeister

* Peter Ahrweiler as Ein Beamter

* Kerstin De Ahna as Drte, Dorfmdchen

* Maria Litto as Jolan, Zigeunerin

* Alma Auler as Telefonistin

* Ronni Fischer as Geza, ein junger Zigeuner

* Erica Schramm as Krankenschwester

* Mita von Ahlefeldt as Frau Mettelmann

* August Wei as Istvan, Stammesltester der Zigeuner

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Bibliography



* 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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