The Girl from Fano

The Girl from Fano
Directed byHans Schweikart
Written by
Based onThe Girl from Fano by Günther Weisenborn
Produced byCurt Prickler
Starring
CinematographyCarl Hoffmann
Edited byWerner Jacobs
Music byAlois Melichar
Production
company
Distributed byBavaria Film
Release date
  • 24 January 1941 (1941-01-24)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryNazi Germany
LanguageGerman

The Girl from Fano (German: Das Mädchen von Fanö) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk and Gustav Knuth.[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location around Hiddensee. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Rudolf Pfenninger and Ludwig Reiber. The film is based on a novel by Günther Weisenborn and is set amongst the fishing community of the Danish island of Fanø.

Synopsis

During a violent storm lifelong friends and fishermen Frerk and Ipke seek refuge on the Danish island of Fanø where they both fall in love with a local woman named Patricia. This sudden rivalry creates a deep rift between the two old friends, further complicated by the fact that Ipke is already married.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Hake p. 215

Bibliography

  • Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.