The Immortal Heart
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The Immortal Heart is a 1939 German drama film
directed by Veit Harlan
and starring Heinrich George
.
It was based on Walter Harlan's play The Nuremberg Egg.Cinzia Romani, Tainted Goddesses: Female Film Stars of the Third Reich p86 ISBN 0-9627613-1-1
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Veit Harlan
Veit Harlan
Veit Harlan was a German film director and actor.-Life and career:Harlan was born in Berlin. After studying under Max Reinhardt, he first appeared on the stage in 1915 and, after World War I, worked in the Berlin stage. In 1922 he married Jewish actress and cabaret singer Dora Gerson; the couple...
and starring Heinrich George
Heinrich George
Heinrich George , born Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz, was a German stage and film actor.He had one of his first roles in the Fritz Lang directed film Metropolis and the first film version of Berlin Alexanderplatz...
.
It was based on Walter Harlan's play The Nuremberg Egg.Cinzia Romani, Tainted Goddesses: Female Film Stars of the Third Reich p86 ISBN 0-9627613-1-1
Cast
- Heinrich GeorgeHeinrich GeorgeHeinrich George , born Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz, was a German stage and film actor.He had one of his first roles in the Fritz Lang directed film Metropolis and the first film version of Berlin Alexanderplatz...
- Peter Henlein - Kristina SöderbaumKristina SöderbaumKristina Söderbaum was a Swedish-born German film actress, producer and photographer.Her father, Professor Henrik Gustaf Söderbaum , was the permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences....
- Ev - Paul WegenerPaul WegenerPaul Wegener was a German actor, writer and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.-Stage and early film career:...
- Dr. Schedel - Raimund Schelcher - Konrad Windhalm
- Michael BohnenMichael BohnenFranz Michael Bohnen was a German bass baritone opera singer and actor.-Life:Michael Bohnen was born in Cologne. He trained in opera singing at the Hochschule für Musik Köln and with a private tutor, making his debut in 1910 at the Stadttheater Düsseldorf. In 1912 he appeared at the Hoftheater...
- Martin Behaim - Paul HenckelsPaul HenckelsPaul Henckels was a German film actor. He appeared in over 230 films between 1921 and 1965.-Selected filmography:* Sex in Chains * Skandal um Eva * Dreyfus * The Sorceror...
- Güldenbeck - Ernst Legal - Bader Bratvogel
- Eduard von Winterstein - Richter Sixtus Heith
- Franz SchafheitlinFranz SchafheitlinFranz Schafheitlin was a German film actor. He appeared in over 160 films between 1927 and 1974.He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Bavaria, Germany.-Selected filmography:* The Sorceror...
- Burghauptmann Zinderl - Jakob TiedtkeJakob TiedtkeJakob Tiedtke was a German film actor. He appeared in 194 films between 1914 and 1955.-Selected filmography:* The Doll * Sumurun * Kohlhiesels Töchter * The Expulsion...
- Schöffe Weihrauch - Wolf Dietrich - Graf Pankraz