''Corinna Schmidt'' is a 1951

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directed by

Arthur Pohl Arthur Pohl (22 March 1900 – 15 June 1970) was a German screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Director * ''The Bridge'' (1949) * '' Die Jungen vom Kranichsee'' (1950) * '' Corinna Schmidt'' (1951) * '' Die Unbesiegbaren'' (1953) ...

and starring

Trude Hesterberg Trude Hesterberg (2 May 1892 – 31 August 1967) was a German film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1917 and 1964. Selected filmography * ''Ein Schwerenöter'' (1916) – Liddy * ''Die Eheschule'' (1917) * ''Die Reise ins Jenseits ...

, Willy Kleinoschegg and

Ingrid Rentsch Ingrid Rentsch (4 June 1928 – December 2022) was a German stage, film and television actress.Gilman p.199 Rentsch was married to Hans-Joachim Martens. She was the mother of the actor Florian Martens. She died in December 2022. Selected filmog ...

.BFI.org
/ref> It is based on the novel '' Jenny Treibel'' by

Theodor Fontane Theodor Fontane (; 30 December 1819 – 20 September 1898) was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language Literary realism, realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he i ...

. A penniless young woman falls in love with a country house and becomes engaged to the young man who owns it, while his scheming family try to break up the match.

Cast

... Jenny Treibel * Willy Kleinoschegg ... Kommerzienrat Treibel *

... Corinna Schmidt * Joseph Noerden ... Leopold Treibel * Peter Podehl ... Dr. Marcel Wedderkopp * Hans Hessling ... Professor Schmidt *

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 ...

... Frau Schmolke * Chiqui Jonas ... Helene Treibel *

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... Hildegard Munk *

Egon Brosig Egon is a Danish variant of the male given name Egino. It is most commonly found in Central and Northern Europe. Egon may refer to: People * Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1588–1635), Imperial Count of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (16 ...

... Leutnant Vogelsang * Hermann Lenschau ... Otto Treibel *

Erika Glässner Erika Glässner (28 February 1890 – 21 July 1959) was a German stage and film actress. Selected filmography * ''Werner Krafft'' (1916) * ''Diamonds (1920 film), Diamonds'' (1920) * ''The Three Dances of Mary Wilford'' (1920) * ''The Love Corri ...

... Majorin von Ziegenhals *

Ellen Plessow Ellen Plessow (born as Helene Wiemuth Penning on 12 January 1891, in Oldenburg – 2 September 1967, in West Berlin) was a German actress. Plessow attended the conservatory in Hanover and played in Berlin theatres. Starting in the 1920s she playe ...

... Fräulein vom Bomst *

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... Kammersänger Krola *

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... Friedrich

References

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* 1951 films 1951 drama films German drama films East German films 1950s German-language films Films based on works by Theodor Fontane Films set in the 1870s German black-and-white films 1950s German films German-language drama films {{1950s-Germany-drama-film-stub