Hanneles Himmelfahrt (film)

1934 film

Hanneles Himmelfahrt
Directed by	Thea von Harbou
Screenplay by	Thea von Harbou
Based on	The Assumption of Hannele by Gerhart Hauptmann
Produced by	Gabriel Levy
Starring	Inge Landgut
Cinematography	Robert Baberske
Edited by	Fritz C. Mauch
Music by	Gottfried Huppertz
Production company	Aafa-Film
Release date	13 April 1934 (1934-04-13)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Hanneles Himmelfahrt is a 1934 German drama film directed by Thea von Harbou and starring Inge Landgut. It is set in a small mountain village and tells the story of Hannele, an unhappy girl who is beaten by her stepfather and tries to commit suicide. The film is based on the play The Assumption of Hannele by Gerhart Hauptmann. It has strong Christian themes.

An earlier adaptation of the play directed by Urban Gad was released in 1922. Harbou was best known as a screenwriter; Hanneles Himmelfahrt was her second and last film as director. It premiered in Berlin on 13 April 1934.

Cast

Inge Landgut as Hannele
Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Mattern, her stepfather
Käte Haack as sister Martha
Theodor Loos as Gottwald, teacher
Elisabeth Wendt as Hete
Else Ehser as Tulpe
Ilse Fürstenberg as Wirtin
Paul Rehkopf as Wirt
Alfred Stratmann as Schmidt, forest worker
Hans Mitzlaff as Hanke

References

^ "Hanneles Himmelfahrt (1934)". Filmportal.de (in German). Deutsches Filminstitut. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
"Hanneles Himmelfahrt (1922)". Filmportal.de (in German). Deutsches Filminstitut. Retrieved 2015-05-13.

External links

Hanneles Himmelfahrt at IMDb

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List of works
Films directed	Elisabeth and the Fool (1934) Hanneles Himmelfahrt (1934)
Films written	The Legend of Holy Simplicity (1920) The Wandering Image (1920) Destiny (1921) Four Around a Woman (1921) The Indian Tomb (1921) The Women of Gnadenstein (1921) The Burning Soil (1922) Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922) Phantom (1922) The Expulsion (1923) The Stone Rider (1923) Princess Suwarin (1923) The Grand Duke's Finances (1924) Die Nibelungen (1924) Michael (1924) Chronicles of the Gray House (1925) Metropolis (1927) Spione (1928) Woman in the Moon (1929) M (1931) The First Right of the Child (1932) The Marathon Runner (1933) The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) The Old and the Young King (1934) Princess Turandot (1934) What Am I Without You (1934) Turandot, Princess of China (1935) The Old and the Young King (1935) An Ideal Husband (1935) Escapade (1936) The Impossible Woman (1936) A Woman of No Importance (1936) The Broken Jug (1937) Don't Promise Me Anything (1937) Mother Song (1937) The Ruler (1937) Covered Tracks (1938) The Woman at the Crossroads (1938) Hurrah! I'm a Father (1939) Stars of Variety (1939) Clarissa (1941) With the Eyes of a Woman (1942) Maria Malibran (1943) A Wife for Three Days (1944) Via Mala (1945) Journey to Happiness (1948) A Day Will Come (1950) Dr. Holl (1951) Your Heart Is My Homeland (1953)
Novels written	The Indian Tomb (1918) Metropolis (1925) The Rocket to the Moon (1928)

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