My Summer Companion
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| Directed by | Fritz Peter Buch |
| Written by | Thea von Harbou |
| Based on | My Summer Companion by Klaus Erich Boerner |
| Produced by | Felix Pfitzner |
| Starring | Anna Dammann Paul Hartmann Wolfgang Lukschy |
| Cinematography | Karl Hasselmann |
| Edited by | Willy Zeunert |
| Music by | Werner Bochmann |
Production company | Berlin Film |
| Distributed by | Deutsche Filmvertriebs |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
My Summer Companion (German: Gefährtin meines Sommers) is a 1943 German romantic drama film directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring Anna Dammann, Paul Hartmann and Wolfgang Lukschy.[1][2] It was shot at the Cinetone Studios in Amsterdam and the Filmstad in the Hague, both in the German-occupied Netherlands. Location shooting took place around the outskirts of Berlin in Brandenburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter.[3][4]
Synopsis
The celebrated pianist Angelika Rink is exhausted by her performances and returns to her home village to recuperate. There she encounters her childhood sweetheart Manfred Claudius now a doctor. Both realise they are still in love with each other, but their respective commitments to their careers mean they cannot fully embrace their feelings.
Cast
- Anna Dammann as Angelika Rink, Pianistin
- Paul Hartmann as Dr. Manfred Claudius, Arzt, Jugendfreund von Angelika
- Wolfgang Lukschy as Jochen Binding, Manfreds Freund
- Eduard von Winterstein as Der alte Rink, Angelikas Vater
- O.E. Hasse as Gerhard Morton, Angelikas Verlobter
- Margarete Haagen as Fräulein Heubner, Haushälterin bei Manfred
- Viktoria von Ballasko as Hanna Polenz, Frau des Müllers
- Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Kutscher Prüschke
- Josefine Dora as Sabine, genannt Bienchen
- Ursula Voß as Mariechen, Frau des Försters
- Oscar Sabo as Dittner, ein Bauer, Dr. Claudius' Patient
- Hellmuth Passarge as Der Briefträger
- Leo Peukert as Der Imressario
- Franz-Paul Adams as Ein alter Bauer
- Ilse Cornels as Eine junge Frau nach Hannas Selbstmordversuch
- Gerhard Dammann as Ein wartender Patient vor Dr. Claudius' Haus
- Karl Dannemann as Förster Heiner Barteck
- Hugo Gau-Hamm as Ein Dorfbewoner
- Käthe Jöken-König as Eine Bäuerin
- Gustav Knuth as Georg Polenz, Müller
- Artur Malkowsky as Fährmann Bochnik
- Claire Reigbert as Die Hebamme
- Peter Strunk as Ein Dorfbewohner
- Hella Thornegg as Eine Bäuerin
- Anneliese Würtz as Eine junge Frau nach Hannas Selbstmordversuch
References
- ↑ Skopal & Winkel p.254
- ↑ Bruns p.145
- ↑ Klaus p.147
- ↑ https://www.filmportal.de/film/gefaehrtin-meines-sommers_56a36ef9cb664f02ba6d9677647f0fee
Bibliography
- Bruns, Karin. Kinomythen 1920-1945: Die Filmentwürfe der Thea von Harbou. J.B. Metzler, 2016.
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1942. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
- Skopal, Pavel & Winkel, Roel Vande. (ed.) Film Professionals in Nazi-Occupied Europe: Mediation Between the National-Socialist Cultural “New Order” and Local Structures. Springer International Publishing, 2021.