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Die Reise nach Tilsit (1939)


The Journey to Tilsit

 

Directed by: Veit Harlan

Written by: Hermann Sudermann (novella), Wolfgang Schleif and Veit Harlan

Produced by: Helmut Eweler and Franz Tappers

Cinematography: Bruno Mondi

Edited by: Marianne Behr

Music by: Hans-Otto Borgmann

Production company: Majestic-Film

Distributed by: Tobis Film

Release date: 2 November 1939

Running time: 90 minutes

Country: National Socialist Germany

Language: German

Budget: 1.012 million ℛℳ

Box office: 2.537 million ℛℳ

 

Starring:

 

Kristina Söderbaum: Elske Settegast

Philip Dorn: Endrik Settegast

Anna Dammann: Madlyn Sapierska

Albert Florath: Teacher

Ernst Legal: Mr Wittkuhn

Manny Ziener: Mrs Papendieck

Charlotte Schultz: Mrs Wittkuhn

Eduard von Winterstein: Erwin Bohrmann

Clemens Hasse: Young Man from the Tram

Jakob Tiedtke: Innkeeper

Paul Westermeier: Town Crier

Wolfgang Kieling: Little Franz

Joachim Pfaff: Little Jons

Heinz Dugall: Little Wittkuhn

Babsi Schultz-Reckewell: Mariechen

Lotte Spira: Woman in the café

Eduard Wenck: Villager

Alfred Karen: Owner of the fur shop

Heinz Müller: Fat man at the fair

Ferdinand Robert: Guest in the café in Tilsit

Betty Waid: Old woman from the village

Max Wilmsen: Companion of the woman in the café

Bruno Ziener: Waiter in the café

 

The Journey to Tilsit (German: Die Reise nach Tilsit) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Kristina Söderbaum, Philip Dorn and Anna Dammann.

 

Plot

 

Elske faithfully loves her fisherman husband Endrik as he is seduced by a foreign schemer, Madlyn. Madlyn persuades him to murder Elske and run off with her. He lures Elske into the boat as a prelude to drowning her. Though he is unable to carry it out, she realizes his intent. When they reach the shore, she flees to the city of Tilsit, and he follows to plead for forgiveness. They return, and a storm blows up while they are in the boat. Endrik gets ashore, believing Elske to have drowned. He reacts with anger to Madlyn, but learns that Elske did survive.

 

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