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The Girl from Flanders

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The Girl from Flanders
German film poster
GermanEin Mädchen aus Flandern
Directed byHelmut Käutner
Written by
Produced byHerbert Uhlich
Starring
CinematographyFriedl Behn-Grund
Edited byAnneliese Schönnenbeck
Music byBernhard Eichhorn
Production
company
Distributed byPrisma Film
Release date
  • 16 February 1956 (1956-02-16)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Girl from Flanders (German: Ein Mädchen aus Flandern) is a 1956 romantic drama film directed by Helmut Käutner starring Nicole Berger, Maximilian Schell, and Viktor de Kowa.[1] It is an adaption of the novel Engele von Löwen (Angele de Louvain) written by Carl Zuckmayer.

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with location filming around the town of Damme in Flanders. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.

Plot

1914, German advance through Belgium: the young war volunteer Alexander 'Alex' Haller (Schell) is given water by a young Belgian woman (Berger). 1917, Third Battle of Flanders: Alex, now a 2nd lieutenant, is tired of the propaganda on the Home Front, so he spends his furlough in the hinterland of the Western Front. While boarding in a brothel, he meets the young woman again. They fall in love. Late 1918, German retreat after the Armistice: Engele and Alex meet again, only to be harassed by a Belgian mob. Shortly prior to being hanged by the mob, a group of passing Belgian soldiers, tired of the killing, saves them. End of the tale.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 121. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.


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