''Dear Homeland'' (German: ''Teure Heimat'') is a 1929

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silent

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directed by Carl Wilhelm and starring

Renate Müller Renate Müller (26 April 1906 – 7 October 1937) was a German singer and actress in both silent films and sound films, as well as on stage. One of the most successful actresses in German films from the early 1930s, she was courted by the ...

Jakob Tiedtke Jakob Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Tiedtke (23 June 1875 – 30 June 1960) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1914 and 1955. Selected filmography * '' The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * '' The Doll'' (1919) * ' ...

and

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. The film's

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was by Max Heilbronner. A German

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considers emigrating to the

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, but changes his mind when he falls in love with a local woman.Prawer p.87

Cast

as Gretchen Jürgen *

as Großvater von Gretchen *

as Verbrecher / Chefingenieur Orginsky? *

Hans Brausewetter Hans Brausewetter (27 May 1899 – 29 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1945. He appeared in the 1923 film '' The Treasure'', which was directed by Georg Wil ...

as Karl Alder *

Annemarie Steinsieck Annemarie Steinsieck (21 September 1889 – 29 August 1977) was a German actress. She was married to actor Hugo Werner-Kahle. Selected filmography * '' The Duke of Reichstadt'' (1920) * '' Modern Vices'' (1924) * ''Dear Homeland'' (1929) * ''Ari ...

* Fritz Schulz *

Bruno Ziener Bruno Ziener (11 June 1870 – 9 February 1941) was a German stage and film actor and director. He appeared in over 100 films between 1913 and 1941. He also directed 28 silent films such as ''The Flight into Death'' (1921).Grange p. 95 Selected ...

Paul Westermeier Paul Westermeier (9 July 1892 – 17 October 1972) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Wedding in the Eccentric Club'' (1917) * '' Agnes Arnau and Her Three Suitors'' (1918) * '' About the Son'' (1921) * '' Memoirs of a Film Act ...

Henry Bender Henry Bender (born Harry Bandheimer; 1867–1933) was a German stage and film actor.Chandler p. 272 He appeared in more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''The Devil'' (1918) * '' Madeleine'' (1919) * '' Whitechape ...

* Hugo Werner-Kahle * Lotte Werkmeister *

Else Reval Else Reval (14 June 1893 – 25 January 1978) was a German film actress.Giesen p.210 Selected filmography * ''War in Peace'' (1925) * ''The World Wants To Be Deceived'' (1926) * ''Marriage Announcement'' (1926) * '' The Eleven Schill Officers'' ( ...

as Zimmervermieterin * Iwa Wanja

References

Bibliography

*Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933''. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

* 1929 films Films of the Weimar Republic 1929 comedy films German silent feature films German comedy films Films directed by Carl Wilhelm German black-and-white films Silent comedy films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{Germany-silent-film-stub