Love '47

Love '47
Love '47
Directed by	Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Written by	Wolfgang Borchert (play); Kurt Joachim Fischer; Wolfgang Liebeneiner;
Produced by	Hans Abich
Starring	Dieter Horn; Hilde Krahl; Sylvia Schwarz; Karl John;
Cinematography	Franz Weihmayr
Edited by	Walter von Bonhorst
Music by	Hans-Martin Majewski
Production; company	Filmaufbau
Distributed by	Panorama-Film
Release date	7 March 1949
Running time	118 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Love '47 (

Second World War

and the struggles of the immediate post-war situation. Eventually they convince each other that life is worth living after all.

The film was shot at the

Draußen vor der Tür by Wolfgang Borchert, with many extra scenes added showing the experience of a woman on the home front whereas the original stage work had concentrated only on the perspectives of soldiers coming home.^[1]

The film is particularly notable for its sympathetic treatment of its female protagonist.

Cast

Dieter Horn as Jürgen Gehrke
Hilde Krahl as Anna Gehrke
Sylvia Schwarz as Monika Gehrke
Karl John as Beckmann
Erika Müller as Lisa Beckmann
Hedwig Wangel as Mutter Beckmann
Grethe Weiser as Frau Puhlmann
Luise Franke-Booch as Frau Kramer
Albert Florath as Unternehmer
Erich Ponto as Alter Mann
Hubert von Meyerinck as Direktor Engelbrecht
Paul Hoffmann as Oberst
Leonore Esdar as Frau des Obersts
Gisela Burghardt as Tochter des Oberst
Herbert Tiede as Schwiegersohn des Obersts
Leopold von Ledebur as General
Heinz Klevenow as Ein Panzermann
Rudolf Kalvius as Von Wehrzahn
Helmuth Rudolph as Alfred
Kurt A. Jung as Peter
Erwin Geschonneck as Kriminalbeamter
Inge Meysel as Betty aus Berlin
Alice Verden as Tante Eva
Tilo von Berlepsch as Vetter Fritz

References

^ Shandley p. 71–72

Bibliography

Shandley, Robert R. Rubble Films: German Cinema in the Shadow of the Third Reich. Temple University Press, 2001.

External links

Love '47 at
IMDb

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[1] Shandley p. 71–72

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