A Heidelberg Romance

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A Heidelberg Romance
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Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Written by
Produced by Heinrich Jonen
Starring
Cinematography Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited by Ilse Voigt
Music by Werner R. Heymann
Production
company
Meteor-Film
Distributed bySchorcht Filmverleih
Release date
  • 23 December 1951 (1951-12-23)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryWest Germany
Language German

A Heidelberg Romance (German : Heidelberger Romanze) is a 1951 West German romance film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Liselotte Pulver, O.W. Fischer and Gardy Granass. The film set a template for portraying German-American relations. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat. It was shot at the Bendestorf Studios and on location in Heidelberg.

Plot

While accompanying his daughter on a trip to Heidelberg, a wealthy American businessman recounts a romance he had with a local girl forty years before.

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References

  1. Stephan p.163

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