A Heidelberg Romance

A Heidelberg Romance
Directed by	Paul Verhoeven
Written by	Willy Clever Karl Peter Gillmann
Produced by	Heinrich Jonen
Starring	Liselotte Pulver O.W. Fischer Gardy Granass Gunnar Möller
Cinematography	Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited by	Ilse Voigt
Music by	Werner R. Heymann
Production company	Meteor-Film
Distributed by	Schorcht Filmverleih
Release date	23 December 1951
Running time	97 minutes
Country	West 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. 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. The film set a template for portraying German-American relations.

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.

Cast

• Liselotte Pulver as Susanne Edwards
• O.W. Fischer as Hans-Joachim, Prinz von Reiningen
• Gardy Granass as Fannerl Brückner
• Gunnar Möller as William Edwards jr
• Hans Leibelt as William Edwards
• Ruth Niehaus as Gabriele Attendorf
• Hans Reiser as Erwin Turner
• Margarete Haagen as Tante Amalie Brückner
• Paul Verhoeven as Detektiv Schulze
• Melanie Horeschowsky as Alte Fannerl
• Joachim Brennecke as Thomas Altendorf
• Franz Schafheitlin as Hotelbediensteter

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
• Stephan, Alexander. Americanization & Anti-Americanism: The German Encounter With American Culture After 1945. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

• A Heidelberg Romance at IMDb