A Heart Returns Home

A Heart Returns Home
Directed by	Eugen York
Written by	Kurt E. Walter
Produced by	Walter Koppel Gyula Trebitsch
Starring	Maximilian Schell Willy Birgel Maria Holst
Cinematography	Albert Benitz
Edited by	Ira Oberberg
Music by	Wolfgang Zeller
Production company	Real Film
Distributed by	Europa-Filmverleih
Release date	26 October 1956
Running time	90 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

A Heart Returns Home (German: Ein Herz kehrt heim) is a 1956 West German musical drama film directed by Eugen York and starring Maximilian Schell, Willy Birgel and Maria Holst.

It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in Celle. The film's sets were designed by the art director Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff.

Cast

• Maximilian Schell as Wolfgang Thomas
• Willy Birgel as Robert Lennart
• Maria Holst as Irene Thomas
• Hans Nielsen as Martin Thomas
• Erni Mangold as Maxie Mell
• Heinz Reincke as Besselmann
• Horst Beck as Journalist
• Hildegard Behrens-Kühn as Fräulein Kurtz
• Josef Dahmen as Dr. Brandel
• Erich Dunskus as Weber
• Sylvia Fitzen
• Albert Florath as Bürgermeister von Neuburg
• Horst Gnekow as Mangelsdorf
• Ursula Herking as Fräulein Snyder
• Hertha Martin as Sylvia Hartung
• Emmy Percy-Wüstenhagen as Gertrud
• Charles Regnier as Boerner
• Ellen Roedler
• Siegfried Schürenberg as Dr. Weißbach
• Horst von Otto as Fenske
• Brigitte Wentzel

Bibliography

• Parish, James Robert. Film Actors Guide: Western Europe. Scarecrow Press, 1977.

External links

• A Heart Returns Home at IMDb