Heimat (1938)

Directed by: Carl Froelich

Produced by: Carl Froelich for Ufa

Written by: Harald Braun;

Hans Brennert and

Otto Ernst Hesse (Adaptation of the original)

Music: Theo Mackeben

Cinematography: Franz Weihmayr

Edited by: Gustav Lohse

Starring:

Zarah Leander: Magda von Schwartze

Heinrich George: Leopold von Schwartze

Ruth Hellberg: Marie

Lina Carstens: Fränze von Klebs

Paul Hörbiger: Franz Heffterdingk

Georg Alexander: Ludwig Prinz von Ilmingen

Leo Slezak: Rohrmoser

Hans Nielsen: Max von Wendlowsky

Franz Schafheitlin: Bank Manager von Keller

Charlott Daudert: Kellers Girlfriend

Hugo Froelich: Diener Christian

Babsi Schultz-Reckewell: Poldi

Leopold von Ledebur: Excellency

Erich Ziegel: Pastor of the town residence

Summary:

1885. For the opera festival it has organized, the small town of Imlingen has invited a famous singer, Maddalena Dall'Orto, who will not only sing at the local opera but will also perform the part of Bach's St. Matthew's Passion at church. The lady is welcomed by an enthusiastic welcome committee comprising the Prince of Imlingen himself. After a while Maddalena, who has come with her friend Rohrmoser, reveals that they are both of German origin. In fact, Maddalena is Magda von Schwartze, a citizen of Ilmingen who has left home in anger a few years before...