''Rustle of Spring'' (German: ''Frühlingsrauschen'') is a 1929 German silent

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directed by

William Dieterle William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood primarily a ...

and starring Dieterle, Lien Deyers and Julius Brandt.Bock & Bergfelder p.90 It was made by the German subsidiary of Universal Pictures and shot at the Halensee Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Otto Guelstorff and Ernst Stern.

Cast

as Friedrich * Lien Deyers as Viola * Julius Brandt as Ole * Elsa Wagner as Friedrichs Mutter * Nikolai Malikoff as Großvater * Alexandra Schmitt as Beschließerin * Arthur Duarte * Vivian Gibson

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1929 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by William Dieterle Universal Pictures films German black-and-white films German romance films 1929 romance films 1920s German films Films shot at Halensee Studios 1920s German-language films German-language romance films {{1920s-romance-film-stub