Front Theatre

Front Theatre
Directed by	Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Written by	George Hurdalek Hans Fritz Köllner Werner Plücker Werner Scharf
Produced by	Otto Lehmann
Starring	Heli Finkenzeller René Deltgen Lothar Firmans
Cinematography	Oskar Schnirch
Edited by	Helmuth Schönnenbeck
Music by	Werner Bochmann
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date	4 September 1942
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Front Theatre (German: Fronttheater) is a 1942 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Heli Finkenzeller, René Deltgen and Lothar Firmans.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Carlo Böhm and Willi Herrmann. Location shooting took place in occupied Bordeaux and Greece.

Synopsis

A woman gives up her successful acting career to support her Doctor husband. Later she takes part in entertainment for German forces during the Second World War.

Cast

• Heli Finkenzeller as Lena Meinhardt-Andres
• René Deltgen as Dr. Paul Meinhardt
• Lothar Firmans as Langhammer, Regisseur
• Wilhelm Strienz as Kammersänger Herrmann
• Hedi Höpfner as Hilde Keller
• Margot Höpfner as Monika Keller
• Willi Rose as Alwin Sommer
• Rudolf Schündler as Walter Hülsen
• Bruni Löbel as Gerda Hoffmann
• Hilde von Stolz as Edith Reiß
• Gerhard Dammann as Pietsch
• Adolf Fischer as Otto Zielke
• Armin Münch as Kummer
• Ernö René as Bosco
• Alice Treff as Beamtin beim Arbeitsamt
• Elsa Wagner as Alte Schauspielerin
• Hermann Pfeiffer as Reiseleiter einer Künstlertruppe
• Ernst Karchow as Dr. Gall

Bibliography

• Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942. McFarland, 2008.

External links

• Front Theatre at IMDb