Once You Give Away Your Heart

Once You Give Away Your Heart
Once You Give Away Your Heart
Directed by	Johannes Guter
Written by	Robert Liebmann;
Based on	Der Vagabund vom Äquator ; by Ludwig von Wohl
Produced by	Günther Stapenhorst
Starring	Lilian Harvey; Igo Sym; Harry Halm;
Cinematography	Fritz Arno Wagner
Music by	Willy Rosen; Willy Schmidt-Gentner;
Production; company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release dates	28 November 1929 (silent); 17 January 1930 (sound);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Once You Give Away Your Heart (German: Wenn du einmal dein Herz verschenkst) is a 1929 German comedy film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Lilian Harvey, Igo Sym, and Harry Halm.^[1] Made at the time of the conversion to sound film, it was released in both sound and silent versions.

The film's art direction was by Heinz Fenchel and Jacek Rotmil. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios and on location in Tenerife and on board a cargo steamer sailing from Hamburg.

Synopsis

A young woman escapes from the banana plantation in Borneo where she lives and travels on a cargo ship to Europe.

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

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