The Forester of the Silver Wood

The Forester of the Silver Wood
Directed by	Alfons Stummer
Written by	Franz Mayr-Melnhof (idea) Friedrich Schreyvogel Günther Schwab Alfons Stummer Alfred Solm
Produced by	Karl Hitschfel
Starring	Anita Gutwell Rudolf Lenz Karl Ehmann
Cinematography	Walter Tuch
Edited by	Eleonore Kunze
Music by	Viktor Hruby
Production company	Rondo Film
Distributed by	Sascha Film (Austria) Union-Film (W. Germany)
Release date	25 November 1954 (1954-11-25)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	Austria West Germany
Language	German

The Forester of the Silver Wood (German: Der Förster vom Silberwald) is a 1954 Austrian-West German drama film directed by Alfons Stummer and starring Anita Gutwell, Rudolf Lenz and Karl Ehmann. It is part of the post-war trend of heimatfilm set in rural Austria or southern Germany. It was a popular success, leading to several follow-up films with the same lead actors including The Poacher of the Silver Wood.^[1] In Austria it was released as Echo of the Mountains (German: Echo der Berge).

It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna with location shooting in Salzburg and the Tyrol. The film's sets were designed by the art director Eduard Stolba.

Cast

• Anita Gutwell as Liesl
• Rudolf Lenz as Hubert
• Karl Ehmann as Hofrat Leonhard
• Erik Frey as Max
• Hermann Erhardt as Oberkogler
• Erni Mangold as Karin
• Albert Rueprecht
• Lotte Ledl as Vroni
• Franz Erkenger
• Gerti Wiedner
• Walter Varndal
• Fritz Hinz-Fabricius

References

1. Baer p.181

Bibliography

• Baer, Hester. Dismantling the Dream Factory: Gender, German Cinema, and the Postwar Quest for a New Film Language. Berghahn Books, 2012.

External links

• The Forester of the Silver Wood at IMDb