The Happy Village

The Happy Village
Directed by	Rudolf Schündler
Written by	August Hinrichs (play) Gustav Kampendonk
Produced by	Karl Mitschke Kurt Ulrich Heinz Willeg
Starring	Hannelore Bollmann Carl Hinrichs Gerhard Riedmann
Cinematography	Bruno Mondi
Edited by	Margarete Steinborn
Music by	Willy Mattes
Production company	Berolina Film
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	16 September 1955 (1955-09-16)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Happy Village (German: Das fröhliche Dorf) is a 1955 West German comedy film directed by Rudolf Schündler and starring Hannelore Bollmann, Carl Hinrichs and Gerhard Riedmann.^[1] It is a remake of the 1934 German film Trouble with Jolanthe. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and the Bendestorf Studios outside Hamburg. Location shooting took place around Lüneburg Heath. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Kuhnert.

Cast

• Hannelore Bollmann as Anna Lamken
• Carl Hinrichs as Krischan Lamken
• Gerhard Riedmann as Walter Meiners, Lehrer
• Gardy Granass as Sophie Kordes
• Peter Carsten as Gerd Bunje, Müller
• Carla Hagen as Stine, Magd
• Günther Lüders as Hinnerk, Knecht
• Paul Westermeier as Konrad Husch, Gendarm
• Charlott Daudert as Erna Dünnschede
• Ernst Waldow as Heinrich Jeschke, Gerichtsvollzieher
• Georg Pahl as Opa Kordes, Schäfer
• Hansjoerg Boeger as Bauer Harms
• Otto Schroeder as Bauer Jochen

References

1. Williams p.150

Bibliography

• Williams, Alan. Film and Nationalism. Rutgers University Press, 2002.

External links

• The Happy Village at IMDb