Midsummer Night's Fire
1939 film
| Midsummer Night's Fire | |
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| German | Johannisfeuer |
| Directed by | Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
| Screenplay by | Alf Teichs Kurt Heuser |
| Based on | Fires of St. John by Hermann Sudermann |
| Produced by | Ernst Günter Techow |
| Starring | Anna Dammann Ernst von Klipstein Gertrud Meyen |
| Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
| Edited by | Alice Ludwig |
| Music by | Herbert Windt |
Production company | Terra Film |
| Distributed by | Terra Film |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Midsummer Night's Fire or St. John's Fire (German: Johannisfeuer) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Anna Dammann, Ernst von Klipstein, and Gertrud Meyen.[1] The film is based on the play Fires of St. John by Hermann Sudermann. The title refers to Saint John's Eve.
The film's art direction was by Carl Böhm [de] and Erich Czerwonski. Location shooting took place in Prenzlau and around Masuria in East Prussia. It was remade in 1954 as Love is Forever.
Plot
After many years in Africa, a man returns to his village in East Prussia to marry his intended bride. However, he finds himself drawn to another girl and contemplates running away with her.
Cast
- Anna Dammann as Marikke
- Ernst von Klipstein as Georg
- Gertrud Meyen as Trude Vogelreuter
- Hans Brausewetter as Haffke
- Otto Wernicke as Vogelreuter
- Maria Koppenhöfer as Weszkalnene
- Erich Dunskus as Plötz
- Charlott Daudert as Elise
- Jeanette Bethge as Mamsell
- Lilo Bergen
- Erich Ziegel as Magerdick
- Änne Bruck
- Kurt Dreml
- Christine Grossmann
- Herbert Klatt
- Armin Münch
- Hellmuth Passarge
- Heinz Rippert
- Annemarie Schäfer
- Willi Schwarz
- Theodor Vogeler
- Constanze von Eyck
- Karin Mairlechner
- Ruth von Enckevort
References
- ^ Williams, Alan (2002). Film and Nationalism. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. p. 150. ISBN 0813530407.
External links
- Midsummer Night's Fire at IMDb
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Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt
- What Am I Without You (1934)
- Pappi (1934)
- The Love of the Maharaja (1936)
- Men Are That Way (1939)
- Escape in the Dark (1939)
- Midsummer Night's Fire (1939)
- The Three Codonas (1940)
- Achtung! Feind hört mit! [de] (1940)
- Riding for Germany (1941)
- Front Theatre (1942)
- My Wife Theresa (1942)
- Circus Renz (1943)
- Love Premiere (1943)
- Life Calls (1944)
- Chemistry and Love (1948)
- Everything Will Be Better in the Morning (1948)
- Anonymous Letters (1949)
- Martina (1949)
- Nights on the Nile (1949)
- The Woman from Last Night (1950)
- Regimental Music (1950)
- Immortal Light (1951)
- Wedding in the Hay (1951)
- The White Adventure (1952)
- The Forester's Daughter (1952)
- We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952)
- Alraune (1952)
- The Mistress of Treves (1952)
- The Immortal Vagabond (1953)
- Lavender (1953)
- The Last Waltz (1953)
- The Bird Seller (1953)
- The Little Czar (1954)
- The Gypsy Baron (1954)
- Love Is Just a Fairytale (1955)
- As Long as There Are Pretty Girls (1955)
- Operation Sleeping Bag (1955)
- Between Time and Eternity (1956)
- The Marriage of Doctor Danwitz (1956)
- Spring in Berlin (1957)
- That Won't Keep a Sailor Down (1958)
- A Woman Who Knows What She Wants (1958)
- Arena of Fear (1959)
- What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime (1959)
- Big Request Concert (1960)
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