The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau

The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau
Directed by Harald Reinl
Produced by Ottmar Ostermayr
Written by Ludwig Ganghofer (play) Peter Ostermayr
Starring Erich Auer
Elise Aulinger
Willy Rösner
Music by Giuseppe Becce
Fred Rauch
Cinematography Josef Illig
Franz Koch
Edited by Adolf Schlyssleder
Production
company
Peter Ostermayr Produktion
Distributed by Kopp-Filmverleih
Release date
19 December 1952
Running time
90 minutes
Country West Germany
Language German

The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau (German: Der Herrgottschnitzer von Ammergau) is a 1952 West German romantic drama film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Erich Auer, Elise Aulinger and Willy Rösner.[1]

Part of the tradition of heimatfilm, it was based on the 1880 play of the same name by Ludwig Ganghofer. It was made at the Bavaria Film Studios in Munich and on location in the Bavarian Alps. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Seefelder.

Synopsis

A rural wood carver is invited by a painter to come to Munich to study art, leading to tensions with his girlfriend.

Cast

References

  1. Bock & Bergfelder p.29

Bibliography

  • Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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