''Dreaming Days'' () is a 1951 French-West German drama film directed by Emil-Edwin Reinert and starring Aglaja Schmid, O.W. Fischer and Axel von Ambesser.Bock & Bergfelder p.127 The film is based on a short story by Vicki Baum. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. Location shooting took place around Mittenwald, Lautersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Kreuzeck (Wetterstein), Kreuzeck. A separate French version, ''The Red Needle'', was also made, with different actors.

Synopsis

Maja Berger is staying in the Bavarian Alps to recover her health. She is visited occasionally by her husband but is deeply lonely. Then she encounters Florian, a young physician, doctor, who is mountaineering in the district. They fall in love and plan to elope. Before he leaves he wants to climb a particular summit, peak one last time. Having made a successful ascent, he is caught in a violent storm on the way down and is killed.

Cast

* Aglaja Schmid as Maja Berger * O.W. Fischer as Florian Faber * Axel von Ambesser as Herr Berger * Josef Sieber as Heinrich Langkofler * Claude Maritz as Bergführer * Margo Lion (cabaret singer), Margo Lion as Fanni Langkofler * Hildegard Kleinkemm as Trude Langkofler

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1951 films 1951 drama films French drama films German drama films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Emil-Edwin Reinert Films based on short fiction Films set in the Alps German multilingual films French multilingual films 1951 multilingual films German black-and-white films 1950s German films 1950s French films Films shot at Bavaria Studios Films shot at Joinville Studios Films set in Bavaria Films shot in Bavaria German-language French films German-language drama films Films with screenplays by Johannes Mario Simmel Films based on works by Vicki Baum {{1950s-Germany-drama-film-stub