The Lost Valley

The Lost Valley
Directed by	Edmund Heuberger
Written by	Edmund Heuberger
Based on	The Lost Valley by Gustav Renker
Produced by	Ralph Scotoni
Starring	Mathias Wieman Marieluise Claudius Harry Hardt
Cinematography	Franz Weihmayr
Edited by	Else Baum
Music by	Fritz Wenneis
Production companies	Terra Film Basilea-Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	5 June 1934 (1934-06-05)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Lost Valley (German: Das verlorene Tal) is a 1934 German-Swiss drama film directed by Edmund Heuberger and starring Mathias Wieman, Marieluise Claudius and Harry Hardt.[1] It is based on the 1931 novel of the same title by Gustav Renker.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Jacoby. Location shooting took place around Poschiavo in Switzerland.

Synopsis

A young man returns to his home village and discovers that his childhood sweetheart is now engaged to a civil engineer who also plans to flood his beloved woods to create a reservoir.

Cast

• Mathias Wieman as René von Eisten
• Marieluise Claudius as Verena Stettler
• Harry Hardt as Hans Alteggen
• Olaf Bach as Josi
• Lilliane Dietz as Yvonne d'Ivry
• Lotte Spira as Giovanna Stettler
• Wera Liessem as Lisa Amann
• Armin Schweizer as Blunzli
• Ferdinand Asper as Morgenthaler
• Armand Zäpfel as Rudi Boss

References

1. Waldman p.107
2. Goble p.387

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942. McFarland, 2008.

External links

• The Lost Valley at IMDb}