The False Step

1939 film

The False Step
German film poster

German	Der Schritt vom Wege

Directed by	Gustaf Gründgens
Written by	Georg C. Klaren Eckart von Naso
Based on	Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane
Produced by	Gustaf Gründgens Eduard Kubat
Starring	Marianne Hoppe Karl Ludwig Diehl Paul Hartmann Max Gülstorff
Cinematography	Ewald Daub
Edited by	Johanna Schmidt
Music by	Mark Lothar
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	9 February 1939 (1939-02-09)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Nazi Germany
Language	German

The False Step or The Step off the Path (German: Der Schritt vom Wege) is a 1939 German historical drama film directed by Gustaf Gründgens and starring Marianne Hoppe, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Paul Hartmann.^[1] It is an adaptation of Theodor Fontane's 1896 novel Effi Briest.

Cast

Marianne Hoppe as Effi Briest
Karl Ludwig Diehl as Baron von Instetten
Paul Hartmann as Major a.D. von Crampas
Max Gülstorff as Dr. Alonzo Gieshübler
Paul Bildt as Herr von Briest
Käthe Haack as Luise von Briest
Hans Leibelt as Ministerialrat Wüllersdorf
Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Marietta Tripelli
Gisela von Collande as Afra
Renée Stobrawa as Roswitha
Erich Dunskus as Kruse
Flora Berthold as Hulda
Ursula Voß as Herta
Ursula Friese as Berta
Margarete Schön as Frau von Padden
Jac Diehl as guest at the festival
Alfred Karen as guest at Tripellis Gesangsvortrag
Alexander Kökert as Besucher beim Landrat
Bert Schmidt-Moris as Page at the spa hotel
Tina Schneider as Doddy Grützmacher
Babsi Schultz-Reckewell as Annie Briest
Maria Seidler as Frau Konsul Grützmacher

References

^ Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. p. 142. doi:10.7560/734579. ISBN 0292734581. JSTOR 10.7560/734579.