''Rose on the Heath'' (German: ''Heidenröschen'') is a 1916 German silent

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directed by

Franz Hofer Franz Hofer (November 27, 1902 – February 18, 1975) was an Austrian Nazi politician. He was Gauleiter (party leader) in Tyrol and Vorarlberg and, during the Third Reich, the most powerful figure in the region. Hofer dealt directly with A ...

and starring Lya Ley and

Fritz Achterberg Fritz Achterberg (2 November 1880 – 12 October 1971) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Rose on the Heath'' (1916) * ''Augen'' (1919) * ''The Swabian Maiden'' (1919) * ''Anna Karenina'' (1919) * '' Bettler GmbH'' (191 ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.204

Cast

* Lya Ley as Röschen *

as Graf von Brödersdorf *

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as Röschens Onkel, der Kantor *

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1916 films 1916 drama films Silent German drama films Films of the German Empire German silent feature films Films directed by Franz Hofer German black-and-white films 1910s German films 1910s German-language films German-language drama films {{1910s-Germany-film-stub