Das Erbe von Björndal (1960)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Gustav Ucicky

Writers:

Trygve Gulbranssen (novel)
Per Schwenzen (writer)

Release Date:

15 September 1960 (West Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

After all the drama in "Und Ewig Singen die Wälder", the surviving second son and heir, Dag junior, father of the next heir...

Plot Keywords:

Rural Setting | Sequel | Family Relationships | Based On Novel

Cast

Maj-Britt Nilsson	...	Adelheid
Brigitte Horney	...	Tante Eleonore
Ellen Schwiers	...	Gunvor
Joachim Hansen	...	Dag
Hans Nielsen	...	Major a.D. Barre
Carl Lange	...	Mr. von Gall
Hans Christian Blech	...	Aslak, Gunvor's Husband
Michael Hinz	...	Adelheid's Son
Franz Messner	...	Lorenz
Elisabeth Epp	...	Old Kruse
Gertraud Jesserer	...	Barbara
Franz Schafheitlin	...	Shopkeeper Holder
Fritz Hinz-Fabricius	...	Priest Ramer
Ladislaus Hillinger

Also Known As:

Heritage of Bjorndal (International: English title)

Runtime:

Germany:96 min

Country:

Austria

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 (f)

Filming Locations:

Atelier Rosenhügel, Vienna, Austria

Company:

Wien-Film

Movie Connections:

Follows Und ewig singen die Wälder (1959)

INFERIOR TO PART 1

This sequel to "Und ewig singen die Wälder" is far inferior to part 1. In part 1 one can see that the cast and certainly the director took the thing seriously; for Ucicky thìs film must have been just another of his routine jobs done without much interest (like he did every film in the 50's). The scene that should have been a dramatic moment (a pile of trees in the river is blown up) is very badly managed. Script also not that good; it seems that as much as possible has been put into it which has lead to mediocre storytelling, towards the end things get clumsy. Strictly for the real fans of the Trygve Gulbranssen trilogy; they could regard it as a moving illustration to the book