The Immortal Heart
1939 film
- Richard Billinger
- Werner Eplinius
- Veit Harlan
- Walter Harlan
Release date
- 20 October 1939 (1939-10-20)
Running time
The Immortal Heart (German: Das Unsterbliche Herz) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Heinrich George.[3] It was based on Walter Harlan's play The Nuremberg Egg and depicts the inventor of the watch, Peter Henlein.[4]
Cast
- Heinrich George as Peter Henlein
- Kristina Söderbaum as Ev
- Paul Wegener as Dr. Schedel
- Raimund Schelcher as Konrad Windhalm
- Michael Bohnen as Martin Behaim
- Paul Henckels as Güldenbeck
- Ernst Legal as Bader Bratvogel
- Eduard von Winterstein as Richter Sixtus Heith
- Franz Schafheitlin as Burghauptmann Zinderl
- Jakob Tiedtke as Schöffe Weihrauch
Production
Production began in July 1938.[1] To recreate Nuremberg as it looked in 1517, the streets were covered with sand and other demodernization took place.[2] 500 Sturmabteilung horsemen took part in medieval costumes.[2] Harlan and Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels concurred on some cuts to the finished film.[2]
Citations
- ^ a b Noack 2016, p. 138.
- ^ a b c d Noack 2016, p. 139.
- ^ Nugent, Frank S. (2016). "New York Times: The Immortal Heart". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
- ^ Romani, Cinzia (1992). Tainted Goddesses: Female Film Stars of the Third Reich. Perseus Books Group. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-9627613-1-7.
References
- Noack, Frank (2016) [2000]. Veit Harlan: "des Teufels Regisser" [Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker]. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-6700-8.
External links
- The Immortal Heart at IMDb
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Films directed by Veit Harlan
- Trouble Backstairs (1935)
- Fräulein Veronika (1936)
- Maria the Maid (1936)
- The Ruler (1937)
- Covered Tracks (1938)
- The Immortal Heart (1939)
- The Journey to Tilsit (1939)
- Jud Süß (1940)
- The Great King (1941)
- Pedro Will Hang (1941)
- The Golden City (1942)
- Immensee (1943)
- Opfergang (1944)
- Kolberg (1945)
- Immortal Beloved (1951)
- Hanna Amon (1951)
- The Blue Hour (1953)
- Stars Over Colombo (1953)
- The Prisoner of the Maharaja (1954)
- Different from You and Me (1957)
- I'll Carry You in My Arms (1958)
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