''Front Theatre'' (German: ''Fronttheater'') is a 1942 German

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directed by

Arthur Maria Rabenalt Arthur Maria Rabenalt (25 June 1905 – 26 February 1993) was an Austrian film director, writer, and author. He directed more than 90 films between 1934 and 1978. His 1958 film ''That Won't Keep a Sailor Down'' was entered into the 1st Moscow In ...

and starring Heli Finkenzeller,

René Deltgen Renatus Heinrich Deltgen (30 April 1909 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg – 29 January 1979 in Cologne, West Germany) was a Luxembourgish stage and film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who port ...

and

Lothar Firmans Lothar Firmans (1896–1964) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.216 Selected filmography * '' Quax the Crash Pilot'' (1941) * '' Front Theatre'' (1942) * '' Aufruhr der Herzen'' (1944) * ''Quax in Africa'' (1947) * ''Marriage in the Shado ...

. It was made at the

Babelsberg Studios Babelsberg Film Studio () (also known as Studio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world, producing films since 1912. With a total area of about and a studio area of a ...

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and the Cinetone Studios in

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took place in occupied

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and

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Carlo Böhm and

Willi Herrmann Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was a German art director. Selected filmography * '' Madness'' (1919) * '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919) * '' Jettatore'' (1919) * '' Humanity Unleashed'' (1920) * '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921) * '' The Mahara ...

Plot

A woman gives up her successful acting career to support her doctor husband. Later she takes part in entertainment for German forces during the

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Cast

* Heli Finkenzeller as Lena Meinhardt-Andres *

as Dr. Paul Meinhardt *

as Langhammer, director * Wilhelm Strienz as chamber singer Herrmann * as Hilde Keller * as Monika Keller * Willi Rose as Alwin Sommer *

Rudolf Schündler Rudolf Ernst Paul Schündler (17 April 1906, in Leipzig – 12 December 1988, in Munich) was a German actor and director. He played "Karl" in ''The Exorcist'' (1973). After finishing the film ''The Nasty Girl'', Schündler died of a heart attac ...

as Walter Hülsen * Bruni Löbel as Gerda Hoffmann *

Hilde von Stolz Hilde von Stolz (8 July 1903 in Segesvár, Nagy-Küküllő County, Austria-Hungary, now Romania – 16 December 1973 in West Berlin, West Germany) was an Austrian-German actress. Von Stolz attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and made he ...

as Edith Reiß *

Gerhard Dammann Gerhard Dammann (30 March 1883 – 21 February 1946) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' The Man in the Cellar'' (1914) * '' Under the Lantern'' (1928) * '' Eva in Silk'' (1928) * '' Lemke's Widow'' (1928) * '' When the Mother an ...

as Pietsch * Adolf Fischer as Otto Zielke * as Kummer *Ernö René as Bosco *

Alice Treff Alice Martha Treff (4 June 1906 – 8 February 2003) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 120 films between 1932 and 2001. She was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' ...

as Beamtin beim Arbeitsamt *

Elsa Wagner Elsa Wagner (24 January 1881 – 17 August 1975) was a German actress who appeared in numerous theatrical productions and feature films during the 20th century, including 1920's ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari''. Life and career Born as Elisabe ...

as Alte Schauspielerin * Hermann Pfeiffer as Reiseleiter einer Künstlertruppe * Ernst Karchow as Dr. Gall * Heinz Ruhmann as himself

References

External links

* 1942 romantic drama films 1940s war drama films German romantic drama films German war drama films Films of Nazi Germany Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt German black-and-white films Terra Film films Films shot in France Films shot in Greece 1940s war romance films World War II films made in wartime Films about theatre Films shot at Babelsberg Studios 1940s German films 1930s German films Films scored by Werner Bochmann German war romance films German-language war films Nazi-era films restricted in Germany {{1940s-Germany-film-stub