Immensee - Ein deutsches Volkslied (1943)Director:Veit Harlan |
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Immensee - Ein deutsches Volkslied (1943)Director:Veit Harlan |
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Kristina Söderbaum | ... |
Elisabeth Uhl
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Carl Raddatz | ... |
Reinhart Torsten
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Paul Klinger | ... |
Erich Jürgens
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Carola Toelle | ... |
Frau Uhl
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Lina Lossen | ... |
Mutter Torsten
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Max Gülstorff | ... |
Vater Torsten
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Otto Gebühr | ... |
Vater Jürgens
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Germana Paolieri | ... |
Lauretta
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Käthe Dyckhoff | ... |
Jesta, Musikstudentin
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Wilfried Seyferth | ... |
Werner, Musikstudent
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Malte Jäger | ... |
Jochen, Musikstudent
(as Malte Jaeger)
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This film has not aged well. It's a melodrama with capital M, and the director isn't ashamed of using everything in his arsenal not to let us forget that. The acting is pregnant with tears, the dialog is highly noble without ever being more than superfluous, and everything is through-scored with an academic, predictable, serious and dignified symphonic score, which flows over the spectators like syrup over flies. The film might work, if the protagonists were more sympathetic. They are, however, not: Karl Raddatz is incredibly ugly, even though he is supposed to be the handsome hero. Kristina Söderbaum only has one or two emotions to display, and to be quite honest, being a healthy woman who looks as gentle as a pork pie, she really shouldn't have been cast in all these over-suffering roles. But then, her husband knew better. The colour photography is very good, and some of the cast - like pretty Käthe Dyckhoff who enjoyed a brief career during the war - are likable.