Am Brunnen vor dem Tore (1952)

When Inge slowly falls for shy gas station owner Kurt, her fiancée Robert, from whom Inge has not heard in months, suddenly appears. Whom will she choose? What connection is there between ... See full summary »

Director:

Hans Wolff

Writers:

Bobby E. Lüthge, Rolf Dortenwald

Stars:

Sonja Ziemann, Hans Stüwe, Paul Klinger

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sonja Ziemann	...	Inge Bachner
Hans Stüwe	...	Georg Straaten
Paul Klinger	...	Kurt Kramer
Willy Fritsch	...	Roberts Vater
Heli Finkenzeller	...	Mary Murphy
Fritz Wagner	...	Robert Murphy
Fritz Kösling	...	Erich Bachner
Else Reval	...	Anna, Koechin b. Straaten
Marina Ried	...	Lilo, Inges Freundin
Hans Richter	...	Hans, Landstreicher
Kurt Reimann	...	Nachtigall, Landstreicher
Ludwig Schmitz	...	Tuennes, Landstreicher
Jakob Tiedtke	...	Standesbeamter
Karl Finkenzeller	...	Jim, Chauffeur (as Carl Finkenzeller)
Hans Wolff	...	Kriminalkommissar

Storyline

When Inge slowly falls for shy gas station owner Kurt, her fiancée Robert, from whom Inge has not heard in months, suddenly appears. Whom will she choose? What connection is there between Kurt and Robert? And what secret is Inge's third, silent admirer Georg Straaten keeping?

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Plot Keywords:

clean air | heimatfilm | small town | tidiness | goo | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

1960 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pour l'amour d'une femme

Filming Locations:

Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Berolina

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Klangfilm-Eurocord)

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Including performances of
Egon Kaiser
Mundharmonika- und Akkordeonorchester "Stern", conductor Gerhard Marquard
"Berliner Lautengilde", conductor Konrad Woelki
Dinkelsbuehler Knabenkapelle, conductor 'Staedtischer Kapellmeister' Willi Bayer

User Reviews

LESS THAN MEDIOCRE

Any film that starts with Hammond organ music during the credits does not promise much, and in this Heimatfilm poor Sonja Ziemann has to put up with no less than three suitors, one more nondescript than the other; ah well, all three give very firm handshakes. This Heimatfilm has the most interesting love story I have ever seen, as one of the suitors (Paul Klinger, man's best handyman) falls in love with her when she offers him to run her petrol-station (no pun intended), thàt is passion à la Heimat. Another suitor is a former English pilot (reference to WW2) , whose visiting parents (the father played by Willy Fritsch, who has lost nothing of his charm) speak remarkably fluent German: in the Heimat everybody soon forgets his own roots.

Besides all the terrible cliches of the genre and the utter seriousness of it all, this one has less than mediocre direction and is edited with a plough-share. Among all this horror it is Hans Richter who makes the best of it as one of the "Landstreicher" and who saves the viewer from drowning himself in the Brunnen vor dem Tore.