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Where the Ancient Forests Rustle

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Where the Ancient Forests Rustle
Directed byAlfons Stummer
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyHerbert Thallmayer
Edited byWalter Boos
Music by
Production
company
Divina-Film
Distributed byGloria Film
Release date
  • 14 September 1956 (1956-09-14)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Where the Ancient Forests Rustle (German: Wo die alten Wälder rauschen) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Alfons Stummer and starring Willy Fritsch, Josefin Kipper and Carl Möhner. It was one of a large number of heimatfilm pictures made during the decade.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Gabriel Pellon.

Synopsis

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The widowed owner of a Hamburg construction company takes his young son on holiday to the Austrian Alps, but his obsession with work drives a wedge between them.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Höbusch p. 74

Bibliography

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  • Harald Höbusch. "Mountain of Destiny": Nanga Parbat and Its Path Into the German Imagination. Boydell & Brewer, 2016.
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