The Blacksmith of St. Bartholomae

The Blacksmith of St. Bartholomae
Directed by	Max Michel
Written by	Hanns Beck-Gaden Karl Heinz Busse Hans Prechtl
Produced by	Hans Engelmann
Starring	Viktor Staal Marianne Koch Annie Rosar
Cinematography	Klaus von Rautenfeld
Edited by	Herbert Taschner
Music by	Karl Bette
Production company	Kronen-Film
Distributed by	DEFIR
Release date	6 April 1955 (1955-04-06)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Blacksmith of St. Bartholomae (German: Der Schmied von St. Bartholomä) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Max Michel and starring Viktor Staal, Marianne Koch and Annie Rosar.[1] [2] It was shot on location at Berchtesgaden in Bavaria and in a makeshift studio nearby. The film's sets were designed by the art director Curt Stallmach. It was part of the postwar boom in heimatfilm that peaked around this year.

Synopsis

After nine years in a Soviet Prisoner of War camp, a former blacksmith returns to his home village in the Alps but has been left emotionally scarred and bitter from his experiences and struggles to settle back in.

Cast

• Viktor Staal as Thomas
• Marianne Koch as Marianne
• Heinz Engelmann as Martin
• Annie Rosar as Andrea
• Rolf von Nauckhoff as Pater Bernhard
• Sepp Rist as Gend.-Inspektor
• Gustl Gstettenbaur as Max
• Peter Czejke as Walter
• Til Kiwe as Ruppert
• Heinz Schimmelpfennig as Landstreicher
• Franz Loskarn as Gend.-Komissar

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p.253
2. Moeller p.258

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
• Moeller, Robert G. War Stories: The Search for a Usable Past in the Federal Republic of Germany. University of California Press, 2001.

External links

• The Blacksmith of St. Bartholomae at IMDb