Heart's Desire (1951 film)

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Heart's Desire
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Directed by Paul Martin
Written by Eberhard Keindorff
Paul Martin
Johanna Sibelius
Based onD-Zug, 517 by Maria Peteani
Produced by Eberhard Klagemann
Starring Hans Hotter
Linda Caroll
Rainer Penkert
Cinematography Werner Krien
Edited by Gertrud Hinz
Music by Lothar Brühne
Production
company
Klagemann-Film
Distributed byAnton E. Dietz-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 19 January 1951 (1951-01-19)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryWest Germany
Language German

Heart's Desire (German: Die Sehnsucht des Herzens) is a 1951 West German musical drama film directed by Paul Martin and starring Hans Hotter, Linda Caroll and Rainer Penkert. [1] It is based on the novel D-Zug, 517 by the Austrian writer Maria Peteani. [2] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Bruno Monden and Hermann Warm. It is also known by the alternative title Spring Romance (German: Frühlingsromanze)

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After a traffic accident the attractive young Ebba is taken to hospital where she encounters the celebrated Kammersänger Lindner. She quickly falls in love with him and believes he reciprocates her feeling, although he has really sworn off romance to concentrate only on his music. Ebba's friend Richard, who has a secret passion for her, is distressed to see that she has eyes only for Lindner now.

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References

  1. Bock & Bergfelder p.514
  2. Goble p.482

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