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With Heart and Hand for the Fatherland

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With Heart and Hand for the Fatherland
Directed byJacob Fleck
Luise Fleck
Written byJacob Fleck
Luise Fleck
Produced byAnton Kolm
StarringHubert Marischka
Hermann Benke
Liane Haid
Music byFranz Lehár
Production
company
Release date
  • 31 December 1915 (1915-12-31)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryAustro-Hungarian Empire
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

With Heart and Hand for the Fatherland (German: Mit Herz und Hand fürs Vaterland) is a 1915 Austrian silent war drama film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Hubert Marischka, Hermann Benke and Liane Haid. The composer Franz Lehár, better known for his operetta, created a score to accompany the film during screenings.

A patriotic story designed to support Austria's war effort during the First World War, it marked the screen debut of actress Liane Haid who went on be a leading screen star.[1]

Plot

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A reserve officer in the Tyrolean Rifles leaves his family go and fight on the Italian Front.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Von Dassanowsky p.24

Bibliography

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  • Robert Von Dassanowsky. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.
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