The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau

The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau
Directed by	Harald Reinl
Written by	Ludwig Ganghofer (play) Peter Ostermayr
Produced by	Ottmar Ostermayr
Starring	Erich Auer Elise Aulinger Willy Rösner
Cinematography	Josef Illig Franz Koch
Edited by	Adolf Schlyssleder
Music by	Giuseppe Becce Fred Rauch
Production company	Peter Ostermayr Produktion
Distributed by	Kopp-Filmverleih
Release date	19 December 1952
Running time	90 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau (German: Der Herrgottschnitzer von Ammergau) is a 1952 West German romantic drama film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Erich Auer, Elise Aulinger and Willy Rösner.

Part of the tradition of heimatfilm, it was based on the 1880 play of the same name by Ludwig Ganghofer. It was made at the Bavaria Film Studios in Munich and on location in the Bavarian Alps. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Seefelder.

Synopsis

A rural wood carver is invited by a painter to come to Munich to study art, leading to tensions with his girlfriend.

Cast

• Erich Auer as Pauli
• Elise Aulinger as Vroni
• Willy Rösner as Wirt
• Ingeborg Cornelius as Loni
• Paul Richter as Baumiller
• Elfie Pertramer as Marei
• Sepp Rist as Jäger
• Heinrich Hauser as Lehnl
• Ludwig Schmid-Wildy as Rötelbacher
• Thea Aichbichler as Frau Rötelbacher
• Walter Sedlmayr as Muckl
• Addi Adametz as Liesl
• Karl Bauhofer as 1. Kapellmeister
• Georg Bauer
• Alwin Emmerl
• José Held as Kapellmeister
• Rosl Mayr as Zenzi

Bibliography

• Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau at IMDb