Annie from Tharau

Annie from Tharau
Directed by	Wolfgang Schleif
Written by	Otto-Heinz Jahn Wolfgang Schleif Hermann Wenniger
Produced by	Willie Hoffmann-Andersen
Starring	Ilse Werner Heinz Engelmann Helmuth Schneider
Cinematography	Igor Oberberg
Edited by	Hermann Ludwig
Music by	Wolfgang Zeller
Production company	Apollo-Film
Distributed by	Deutsche London-Film
Release date	5 August 1954 (1954-08-05)
Running time	69 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Annie from Tharau (German: Ännchen von Tharau) is a 1954 West German romance film directed by Wolfgang Schleif and starring Ilse Werner, Heinz Engelmann, Helmuth Schneider.[1] It takes its name from a historic song of the same title and was part of the post-war heimatfilm genre in German cinema.

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location across Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilhelm Vorwerg.

Cast

• Ilse Werner as Anna "Ännchen" Wittkuhn
• Heinz Engelmann as Ulrich Lessau
• Helmuth Schneider as Adrian Rotenbach
• Klaus-Ulrich Krause as Utz Wittkuhn
• Albert Florath as Tobias Rotenbach
• Elsa Wagner as Babette Rotenbach
• Bruno Hübner as Dr. Bruns
• Stanislav Ledinek as Lobsam
• Karl Hellmer as Willuweit
• Margarete Haagen as Gru Gutjahr
• Paul Heidemann as Herr Selke
• Blandine Ebinger as Frau Selke
• Loni Heuser as Alma Möske
• Brigitte Rau as Trudel Möske
• Ludwig Schmitz as Ali Schnurre
• Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Wehrle
• Rolf Weih as Grabner

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p.548

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. ISBN 9781571816559

External links

• Annie from Tharau at IMDb