Three Birch Trees on the Heath | |
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Directed by | Ulrich Erfurth |
Written by | Erich Engels Wolf Neumeister |
Produced by | Walter Koppel Gyula Trebitsch |
Starring | Margit Saad Sonja Sutter Helmuth Schneider |
Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
Edited by | Ilse Voigt |
Music by | Siegfried Franz |
Production company | |
Distributed by | J. Arthur Rank Film |
Release date | 30 November 1956 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
Three Birch Trees on the Heath (German: Drei Birken auf der Heide) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and starring Margit Saad, Sonja Sutter and Helmuth Schneider. It was one of 54 heimatfilm produced that year, as the genre's popularity reached its peak. [1]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Dieter Bartels. The film was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location around Lüneburg Heath outside the city.
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