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| name = The Happy Years of the Thorwalds

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| director =

| producer = Werner Ludwig
Alexander Rakosi

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| starring =

| music = Siegfried Franz

| cinematography = Siegfried Hold

| editing = Alice Ludwig

| studio = Allgemeine Film

| distributor = Europa-Filmverleih

| released = 16 November 1962

| runtime = 88 minutes

| country = West Germany

| language = German

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'The Happy Years of the Thorwalds' (German: 'Die glcklichen Jahre der Thorwalds') is a 1962 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and , starring Elisabeth Bergner, Hansjrg Felmy and Dietmar Schnherr.Bock & Bergfelder p.40 It is based on J.B. Priestley's 1937 play 'Time and the Conways', with the setting is shifted from Britain to Germany. It portrays two family gatherings - the first in 1913 during the German Empire before the First World War and the second in 1932 in the dying days of the Weimar Republic before the Nazi takeover.

It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt.

Cast



* Elisabeth Bergner as Frau Thorwald

* Hansjrg Felmy as Peter Thorwald

* Dietmar Schnherr as Martin Thorwald

* Brigitte Grothum as Helga Thorwald

* Elfriede Irrall as Erika Thorwald

* Johanna Matz as Maria Thorwald

* Wega Jahnke as Kathrin Thorwald

* Loni von Friedl as Brigitte von Tienitz

* Robert Graf as Ernst Bieber

* Dieter Borsche as Dr. Schaub

* Walter Grters

* Walter Klam

* Gnther Schramm

* Liselotte Willfhr

References



Bibliography



* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. 'The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema'. Berghahn Books, 2009.


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