''The Lost Valley'' (German: ''Das verlorene Tal'') is a 1934 German-Swiss

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. It is based on the 1931 novel of the same title by Gustav Renker.Goble p.387 The film's sets were designed by the

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took place around

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Synopsis

A young man returns to his home village and discovers that his childhood sweetheart is now engaged to a

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who also plans to flood his beloved woods to create a

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Cast

as René von Eisten *

as Verena Stettler *

as Hans Alteggen *

Olaf Bach Olaf Bach (1892–1963) was a German film actor.Goble p.223 Selected filmography * ''William Tell'' (1934) * ''Trouble with Jolanthe'' (1934) * '' The Lost Valley'' (1934) * '' Stjenka Rasin'' (1936) * ''Shadows Over St. Pauli'' (1938) * ''Women ...

as Josi * Lilliane Dietz as Yvonne d'Ivry *

Lotte Spira Lotte Spira (; 24 April 1883 – 17 December 1943) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in supporting roles in around seventy films. She was married to the Austrian actor Fritz Spira in 1905. In 1934 she divorced her Jewish husband ...

as Giovanna Stettler *

Wera Liessem Wera Liessem (23 April 1913 – 11 September 1991) was a German actress. She appeared in thirteen films between 1932 and 1955. Filmography References External links * 1913 births 1991 deaths German film actresses Actresses from ...

as Lisa Amann *

Armin Schweizer Armin Schweizer (28 April 1892 – 8 October 1968) was a Swiss actor. Schweizer was born in Zurich, Switzerland and died there at age 76. Selected filmography * ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * '' The Galley Slave'' (1919) * '' The Mayor ...

as Blunzli * Ferdinand Asper as Morgenthaler *

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as Rudi Boss

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Waldman, Harry. ''Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942''. McFarland, 2008.

External links

* } 1934 films Films directed by Edmund Heuberger 1930s German-language films Films of Nazi Germany German drama films 1934 drama films German black-and-white films 1930s German films Swiss drama films Terra Film films Films shot in Switzerland Films based on Austrian novels Films scored by Fritz Wenneis {{1930s-Germany-film-stub