''Gaspary's Sons'' () is a 1948 German

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directed by Rolf Meyer and starring

Lil Dagover Lil Dagover (; born Marie Antonia Siegelinde Martha Seubert; 30 September 1887 – 23 January 1980) was a German actress whose film career spanned between 1913 and 1979. She was one of the most popular and recognized film actresses in the Weimar ...

Hans Stüwe Hans Stüwe (14 May 1901 – 13 May 1976) was a German stage and film actor, singer, film and opera director. As a singer he made his debut at the Stadttheater in Königsberg and moved to Berlin to play on stage. Filmography References Biblio ...

and

Inge Landgut Inge Landgut (23 November 1922 – 29 May 1986) was a German child actress. She is probably best-remembered for playing Pony Hütchen in ''Emil and the Detectives'' and as the child murder victim Elsie Beckmann in Fritz Lang's classic '' M'', bo ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p. 77 It was shot at the

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near

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and on location at

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in western

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Erich Grave.

Synopsis

In 1933, a family is divided when the father and one son emigrate to democratic

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while the mother and other son remain in

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. The two branches of the family develop along very different paths.

Cast

as Margot von Korff *

as Robert Gaspary *

Anneliese von Eschstruth Anneliese (, ) is a female given name of either German, Dutch or Nordic origin. It is a compound form of "Anna" and "Liese", a short form of " Elisabeth". It may refer to: * Anneliese Augustin (1930–2021), German politician * Anneliese Bauer, ...

as Sylvia Genris * Harald Holberg as Hans Gaspary * Michael Tellering as Günther von Korff *

as Christine *

Hans Zesch-Ballot Hans Zesch-Ballot (20 May 1896 – 1 September 1972) was a German film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditiona ...

as Dr. Grove *

Elise Aulinger Elise Aulinger (11 December 1881 – 12 February 1965) was a German stage, radio and film actress. Selected filmography * ''The Favourite of the Queen'' (1922) * ''Martin Luther'' (1923) * '' What the Stones Tell'' (1925) * ''The Seventh Son'' ( ...

as Frau Seelenmayr * John Pauls-Harding as Pit * Käte Pontow as Tinchen * Walther Jung *

Katharina Mayberg Katharina Mayberg (1925–2007) was a German film and television actress. Partial filmography * '' Gaspary's Sons'' (1948) * '' The Murder Trial of Doctor Jordan'' (1949) * ''The Marriage of Figaro'' (1949) - Barbarina * '' Theodore the Goalkee ...

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1948 films 1948 drama films German drama films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Rolf Meyer West German films German black-and-white films 1940s German films Films shot in Austria Films scored by Werner Eisbrenner {{1940s-Germany-film-stub