The Heath Is Green (1932 film)

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The Heath Is Green
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Directed by Hans Behrendt
Written by
Produced by Robert Neppach
Starring
Cinematography Ewald Daub
Music by
Production
company
R.N.-Filmproduktion
Distributed byEuropa-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 9 December 1932 (1932-12-09)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryGermany
Language German

The Heath Is Green (German : Grün ist die Heide) is a 1932 German musical film directed by Hans Behrendt and starring Camilla Spira, Peter Voß and Theodor Loos.

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It was based on the novel by Hermann Löns which was made into further films in 1951 and in 1972. The film was partly shot on Lüneburg Heath.

Plot

The young forester Walter wants to catch a dangerous poacher in the Lüneburg Heath. He pursues a man into the house of the landowner Lüdersen and meets his daughter Grete. Grete discovers that her father, who used to own the whole area, is the poacher. She asks him to move into town with her.

Walter can't catch the poacher. Chief Forester Schliepemann then has the whole area surrounded. The traveling trader Specht is arrested as a poacher. Lüdersen had surprised Specht and was fatally wounded by him. He dies putting Grete's hand in Walter's.

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