Frau Sixta

1938 German historical drama film by Gustav Ucicky

Gustav Fröhlich
Franziska Kinz
Ilse Werner

CinematographyHans SchneebergerEdited byPaul MayMusic byHerbert Windt

Production
company

Tonlicht-Film

Distributed byUFA

Release date

7 September 1938 (1938-09-07)

Running time

103 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageGerman

Frau Sixta is a 1938 German historical drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Franziska Kinz and Ilse Werner.^[1] It is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by the Swiss writer Ernst Zahn.^[2]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Koehn and Hans Kuhnert. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location at the winter sports resort of Kühtai in the Austrian Tyrol.

Plot

In the 1860s a widow runs an estate, close to the Italian border. One day a former army officer arrives on his way to Italy. She persuades him to stay and work for her, and before long they begin a relationship. However, complications ensue when her daughter returns home from boarding school and develops an attachment to her mother's lover.

Cast

Gustav Fröhlich as Markus
Franziska Kinz as Frau Sixta
Ilse Werner as Otti, their daughter
Josefine Dora as Dora, Beschließerin
Josef Eichheim as Hannes
Beppo Brem as Korbinian
Gustav Waldau as Baron Kramer
Eduard Köck as Pankraz, the old servant
Heidemarie Hatheyer as Anna, waitress
Willy Rösner as Forcher, community leader
Ernst Pröckl as district governor
Hertha von Hagen as matron
Walter Holten as customs inspector
Karl Theodor Langen as municipal secretary
Rolf Pinegger as Brandner
Thea Aichbichler as Brandnerin

References

^ Waldman, Harry (2008). Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-7864-3861-7.
^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 515. ISBN 3598114923.