''Spring in Immenhof'' (german: Frühling auf Immenhof) is a 1974 West German

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directed by

Wolfgang Schleif Wolfgang Schleif (14 May 1912 – 21 August 1984) was a German film director, screenwriter and film editor. Life and career Wolfgang Schleif studied philosophy, psychology and pedagogy at the University of Leipzig. In 1934 he passed the Sta ...

and starring

Heidi Brühl Heidi Rosemarie Brühl (; 30 January 1942 – 8 June 1991) was a German singer and actress who came to prominence as a young teenager and had a prolific career in film and television. She was also a successful recording artist, and is known for ...

, Horst Janson and

Olga Tschechowa Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova (; russian: Ольга Константиновна Чехова; 14 April 1897 – 9 March 1980), known in Germany as Olga Tschechowa, was a Russian-German actress. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.485 It is the fifth and last of the series of Immenhof films, part of the

heimatfilm ' (, German for "homeland-films"; German singular: ') were films of a genre popular in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. ''Heimat'' can be translated as "home" (in the geographic sense), "hometown" or "homel ...

tradition. It marked the final film appearance of the veteran actress Olga Tschechowa.

Cast

as Brigitte 'Dalli' Voss * Horst Janson as Alexander Arkens * Birgit Westhausen as Billy * Bettina Westhausen as Bobby *

as Großmutter * Giulia Follina as Sigrid * Katharina Brauren as Mutter Carsten * Vera Gruber as Stine *

Henry Vahl Henry Vahl (1897–1977) was a German stage, film and television actor.Ball & Spiess p.162 From 1958 he was a star of the Ohnsorg-Theater in Hamburg. His younger brother Bruno Vahl-Berg was also an actor. Selected filmography * '' The Muzzle ...

as Wedderkopp-Vater *

Franz Schafheitlin Franz Schafheitlin (9 August 1895 – 6 February 1980) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1927 and 1974. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Pullach, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Bordellos ...

as Dr. Tiedemann *

Günter Lüdke Gunter or Günter may refer to: * Gunter rig, a type of rig used in sailing, especially in small boats * Gunter Annex, Alabama, a United States Air Force installation * Gunter, Texas, city in the United States People Surname * Chris Gunter ...

as Ole * Wolfram Schaerf as Henning Holm *

Alexander Grill Alexander Grill (1938–2009) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * '' When You're With Me'' (1970) * '' When the Mad Aunts Arrive'' (1970) * '' Aunt Trude from Buxtehude'' (1971) * '' The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye'' (1971) * '' C ...

as Döberlein * Thomas Balzer as Hasso * Esther Rudat as Eva * Martina Glietz as Suse * Sönke Rowedder as Zeck

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1974 films 1974 drama films German drama films West German films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Wolfgang Schleif Films about horses Constantin Film films 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub