The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1935)
"Das Mädchen vom Moorhof" (original title)

Director:

Douglas Sirk

Writers:

Selma Lagerlöf (novel), Philipp Lothar Mayring

Stars:

Hansi Knoteck, Ellen Frank, Friedrich Kayßler

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hansi Knoteck	...	Helga Christmann
Ellen Frank	...	Gertrud Gerhart
Friedrich Kayßler	...	Vater Dittmar (as Friedrich Kayssler)
Theodor Loos	...	Richter
Kurt Fischer-Fehling	...	Karsten Dittmar
Jeanette Bethge	...	Mutter Dittmar
Eduard von Winterstein	...	Amtmann Gerhart (as Eduard v. Winterstein)
Lina Carstens	...	Mutter Christmann
Fritz Hoopts	...	Torfschiffer
Franz Stein	...	Vater Christmann
Erich Dunskus	...	Jens Willgraff
Erwin Klietsch	...	Peter Nolde
Hans Meyer-Hanno	...	Großknecht
Ellen Becker
Anita Düwell

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

remake | based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Also Known As:

The Girl of the Moors

Filming Locations:

Worpswede, Lower Saxony, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universum Film (UFA)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Tobis-Klangfilm)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Remake of Girl from Stormy Croft (1917)

User Reviews

A maid of constant sorrow

It was Detlef Sierck's (aka Douglas Sirk)second effort in the Hitlerian years when he felt ill-at-ease (He would later call one of his films " Hitler's madman"(1943) and he would give his definitive account of his vision of the Nazi madness in "A time to love and a time to die" (1958)

Based on a Selma Lagerlöf 's short story ,"Das Mädchen..." belongs to Sierck's long series of melodramas ,a genre he was one of the indisputable masters .Probably influenced by Frank Borzage's characters ,he made Helga a pure heroine who gave everything : she refuses that the father of her (not yet born) child swears on the Bible because she wants to save his soul;she wants to save Karsten so that he can marry Gertrud and find happiness.

A conventional story,but extremely well told .Good depiction of the peasants ,who proudly show their belongings,farm ,cattle et al ("Fünf Kühe und Kalb .....").The wedding scene modestly predates the grandiose scenes of the future melodramas such as the funeral in "Imitation of Life" (1959)

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