''A Heart Returns Home'' () is a 1956 West German

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directed by

Eugen York Eugen York (26 November 1912 – 18 November 1991) was a German film director. He directed 35 films between 1938 and 1984. He was born in Rybinsk, Russian Empire and died in Berlin, Germany. After a career in Germany until the 1940s, he made ...

and starring

Maximilian Schell Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was a Swiss actor. Born in First Austrian Republic, Austria, his parents were involved in the arts and he grew up surrounded by performance and literature. While he was still a child, his fa ...

Willy Birgel Willy Birgel (19 September 1891 – 29 December 1973), born Wilhelm Maria Birgel, was a Germans, German theatre and film actor. Career Birgel began his acting career before World War I on the stage in his native city of Cologne, and came to mo ...

and

Maria Holst Maria Holst (1917–1980) was an Austrian film actress. Selected filmography * '' Invisible Opponent'' (1933) * ''Court Theatre'' (1936) * ''Operetta'' (1940) * '' Vienna Blood'' (1942) * '' Kiss Me Casanova'' (1949) * ''The Trip to Marrakesh'' ( ...

.Parish p.41 It was shot at the

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and on location in

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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors

Albrecht Becker Albrecht Becker (14 November 1906 – 22 April 2002) was a German production designer, photographer, and actor who was imprisoned by the Nazi regime for the charge of homosexuality. Personal life Born in Thale, Germany, Becker trained as a ...

and

Herbert Kirchhoff Herbert Kirchhoff (1911–1988) was a German art director. Selected filmography * '' Nora's Ark'' (1948) * '' My Wife's Friends'' (1949) * '' The Last Night'' (1949) * '' Second Hand Destiny'' (1949) * '' Third from the Right'' (1950) * '' Harb ...

Cast

as Wolfgang Thomas *

as Robert Lennart *

as Irene Thomas * Hans Nielsen as Martin Thomas *

Erni Mangold Erni Mangold (sometimes Ernie or Erna; born as Erna Goldmann on 26 January 1927) is an Austrian actress and stage director. Since 1948, she had appeared in more than 75 films and TV productions. Life Goldmann was born into a family of artists. T ...

as Maxie Mell *

Heinz Reincke Karl-Heinz Reincke (28 May 1925 – 13 July 2011) was a German-born actor, long-based in Vienna. He was drafted into the German Army in 1943, commissioned as an officer in 1944, captured by the Americans at the end of war and then turned over to ...

as Besselmann *

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as Journalist * Hildegard Behrens-Kühn as Fräulein Kurtz *

Josef Dahmen Josef Dahmen (21 August 1903 – 18 January 1985) was a German stage, film and television actor.Youngkin p. 462. Dahmen was married to the actress Gisela von Collande, with whom he had a daughter Andrea Dahmen. His granddaughter Julia Dahmen is ...

as Dr. Brandel *

Erich Dunskus Erich Adolf Dunskus (27 July 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German film actor. He appeared in 170 films between 1927 and 1966. He was born in Pillkallen, East Prussia East Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom o ...

as Weber * Sylvia Fitzen *

Albert Florath Albert Peter Adam Florath (7 December 1888, Bielefeld – 11 March 1957, Gaildorf) was a German stage and film actor. Early life and education Born to Joseph Florath, a locksmith, and his wife Matilda, née Burkart, he attended school in Brak ...

as Bürgermeister von Neuburg * Horst Gnekow as Mangelsdorf *

Ursula Herking Ursula Herking (28 January 1912 – 17 November 1974) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1933 and 1972. She was born in Dessau, Germany and died in Munich, West Germany. Selected filmography * '' Susanne ...

as Fräulein Snyder * Hertha Martin as Sylvia Hartung *

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as Gertrud *

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as Boerner * Ellen Roedler *

Siegfried Schürenberg Siegfried Schürenberg (12 January 1900 – 31 August 1993) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1933 and 1974. He was born in Detmold, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany in 1993, at age 93. Although he never p ...

as Dr. Weißbach * Horst von Otto as Fenske * Brigitte Wentzel

References

Bibliography

* Parish, James Robert. ''Film Actors Guide: Western Europe''. Scarecrow Press, 1977.

External links

* 1956 films West German films German musical drama films 1950s musical drama films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Eugen York Films about classical music and musicians Real Film films Films shot at Wandsbek Studios 1956 drama films 1950s German films German black-and-white films Films scored by Wolfgang Zeller German-language musical drama films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub