''Spring Song'' (german: Frühlingslied, it, Piccoli amici) is a 1954 German-Italian

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directed by

Hans Albin Hans Albin (27 July 1905 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor, film producer and film director.Goble p.9 Selected filmography * ''Homecoming to Happiness'' (1933) * ''Three Bluejackets and a Blonde'' (1933) * '' The Champion of Pontresina '' ( ...

, and starring Anne-Marie Blanc,

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, and

Albert Lieven Albert Lieven (born Albert Fritz Liévin; 22 June 1906 – 22 December 1971) was a German actor. Early life Lieven was born in Hohenstein, East Prussia (Olszynek, Poland). His father was the head physician of the Tuberculosis sanatorium Hoh ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p. 82 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and

Paul Markwitz Paul Markwitz (16 July 1908 – 19 March 1968)Kay Weniger: Das große Personenlexikon des Films Volume 5, Berlin 2001, , pg. 281f was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. He worked on over 50 films between 1935 and ...

. It was partly shot on location in Switzerland.

Cast

* Oliver Grimm as Wolfgang Fabricius *

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as Vreni / Heidi * Martin Andreas as Jöggi * Anne-Marie Blanc as Elisabeth Lauber *

as Eduard Fabricius *

as Dr. Andermatt *

Heinrich Gretler Heinrich Gretler (1897–1977) was a Swiss film and television actor, who also starred on stage at the Bernhard-Theater in Zurich. Selected filmography * '' The Mysterious Mirror'' (1928) * ''Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (1928) * '' The Man ...

as Uncle Abegg *

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as Dr. Falconi *

Bobby Todd Bobby Todd (22 June 1904 – 7 September 1980) was a German film actor. He appeared in 34 films between 1926 and 1961. Selected filmography * '' Cruiser Emden'' (1932) * ''The Dream of Butterfly'' (1939) * '' The Original Sin'' (1948) * ''H ...

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as Rösli - Hausmädchen *

Erna Sellmer Erna Elisabeth Dorothea Sellmer (19 June 1905 – 13 May 1983) was a German film actress. She was best known in the English-speaking world for her role as housekeeper Frau Gerber in the 1970s Swiss-Canadian television series '' George'' about a S ...

as Anna, Köchin *

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as Dr. Rudd *

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as Bach-Bäuerin *

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as Fräulein Reuter *

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as Pfarrer *

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References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1954 films Italian drama films West German films German drama films 1954 drama films 1950s German-language films Swiss German-language films Films directed by Hans Albin German black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films 1950s German films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub