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''The Lost Valley'' (German: ''Das verlorene Tal'') is a 1934 German-Swiss
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directed by
Edmund Heuberger Edmund Heuberger (28 April 1883 – 9 April 1962) was a Swiss art director, screenwriter and film director.Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. p. 387 Selected filmography Screenwriter * '' The ...
and starring
Mathias Wieman Mathias Wieman (Birth name, née Carl Heinrich Franz Mathias Wieman; 23 June 1902 – 3 December 1969) was a German stage-performer, silent-and-sound motion picture actor. Life and career Early life Wieman was born in Osnabrück, the only son ...
,
Marieluise Claudius Marie Luise Claudius (6 January 1912 – 2 August 1941) was a Germans, German actress. Claudius was the daughter of the court actor and writer Erich Claudius and the actress Lisbeth Reschke. During her childhood, she appeared several times on t ...
and
Harry Hardt Harry Hardt (born Hermann Karl Viktor Klimbacher Edler von Reichswahr, Pula, 4 August 1899 – Vienna, 14 November 1980) was an Austrian actor. The son of a military officer, he initially planned a military career for himself, studying at a mili ...
. 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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Hans Jacoby Hans Jacoby (1904–1963) was a German screenwriter. Jacoby was of Jewish backgroundPrawer p.212 and was forced to go into exile when the Nazi Party took power in 1933. Jacoby settled in the United States for many years, working on the screenplay ...
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took place around
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in
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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

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Mathias Wieman Mathias Wieman (Birth name, née Carl Heinrich Franz Mathias Wieman; 23 June 1902 – 3 December 1969) was a German stage-performer, silent-and-sound motion picture actor. Life and career Early life Wieman was born in Osnabrück, the only son ...
as René von Eisten *
Marieluise Claudius Marie Luise Claudius (6 January 1912 – 2 August 1941) was a Germans, German actress. Claudius was the daughter of the court actor and writer Erich Claudius and the actress Lisbeth Reschke. During her childhood, she appeared several times on t ...
as Verena Stettler *
Harry Hardt Harry Hardt (born Hermann Karl Viktor Klimbacher Edler von Reichswahr, Pula, 4 August 1899 – Vienna, 14 November 1980) was an Austrian actor. The son of a military officer, he initially planned a military career for himself, studying at a mili ...
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 *
Armand Zäpfel Armand refer to: People * Armand (name), list of people with this name *Armand (photographer) (1901–1963), Armenian photographer *Armand (singer) (1946–2015), Dutch protest singer *Sean Armand (born 1991), American basketball player *Armand, ...
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