The Heath Is Green (1972 film)

The Heath Is Green
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German	Grün ist die Heide
Directed by	Harald Reinl
Written by	Hermann Löns (novel) Michael Wildberger Michael Haller Gustav Kampendonk
Produced by	Heinz Willeg Manfred Barthel Rob Houwer
Starring	Roy Black Monika Lundi Peter Millowitsch
Cinematography	Karl Löb
Edited by	Alfred Srp
Music by	Peter Schirmann
Production company	Allianz Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	20 December 1972 (1972-12-20)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Heath is Green (German: Grün ist die Heide) is a 1972 German drama film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Roy Black, Monika Lundi and Peter Millowitsch.^[1] It is not a remake of the 1951 film The Heath Is Green, but is also based on the motifes by Hermann Löns. Some of his poems were turned into songs in this movie.

Synopsis

Three friends take their holiday at a remote house in the middle of a heath, but soon grow bored of it and go out looking for excitement.

Cast

• Roy Black as Norbert
• Monika Lundi as Ursula
• Peter Millowitsch as Möps
• Jutta Speidel as Hanna Engelmann
• Rainer Rudolph as Bernie
• Viktoria Brams as Anita
• Heidi Kabel as Frau Engelmann
• Henry Vahl as Opa
• Jean-Claude Hoffmann as Stefan
• Günther Schramm as Dr. Velten
• Rut Rex as Frau Berger
• Ralf Wolter as Herr Hoegen
• Agnes Windeck as Frau von Meltendorf
• Eddi Arent as Herr Locher

References

1. Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 390. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.

External links

• The Heath Is Green at IMDb