Three Birch Trees on the Heath (German: Drei Birken auf der Heide) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and starring Margit Saad, Sonja Sutter and Helmuth Schneider. It was one of 54 heimatfilm pictures produced that year, as the genre's popularity reached its peak.Boa & Palfreyman p.214
The film's sets were designed by the art director Dieter Bartels. The film was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location around Lüneburg Heath outside the city.
Plot
Cast Margit Saad as Susanna, Zigeunerin Sonja Sutter as Rose Heidkämper Helmuth Schneider as Hans Freese, Revierförster Albert Matterstock as Jan Wedekind, Verleger Rolf Wanka as Ernö, Zigeunerprimas Irene von Meyendorff as Ada Wedekind Paul Henckels as Vater Heidkämper, Imker Albert Florath as Pastor Mettelmann Carsta Löck as Meta, Haushälterin bei Wedekind Robert Meyn as Rackebrand, Forstmeister Hubert Hilten as Mirko, junger Zigeuner Bum Krüger as Kriminalassistent Grimm Balduin Baas as Plaskude Jochen Meyn as Sterthus, Hilfsförster Hans Schwarz Jr. as Oldehoff, Torfbauer Lore Schulz as Trina, Dorfmädchen Hans Fitze as Ahrens, Gemeindevorsteher Werner Schumacher as Born, Wachtmeister Peter Ahrweiler as Ein Beamter Kerstin De Ahna as Dörte, Dorfmädchen Maria Litto as Jolan, Zigeunerin Alma Auler as Telefonistin Ronni Fischer as Geza, ein junger Zigeuner Erica Schramm as Krankenschwester Mita von Ahlefeldt as Frau Mettelmann August Weiß as Istvan, Stammesältester der Zigeuner
References
Bibliography Elizabeth Boa & Rachel Palfreyman. Heimat - A German Dream: Regional Loyalties and National Identity in German Culture 1890-1990. OUP Oxford, 21 Sep 2000.
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