The Girl from Flanders

The Girl from Flanders
Directed by	Helmut Käutner
Written by	Carl Zuckmayer (novel) Heinz Pauck Helmut Käutner
Produced by	Herbert Uhlich
Starring	Nicole Berger Maximilian Schell Viktor de Kowa
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by	Anneliese Schönnenbeck
Music by	Bernhard Eichhorn
Production company	Capitol Film
Distributed by	Prisma Film
Release date	16 February 1956
Running time	105 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Girl from Flanders (German: Ein Mädchen aus Flandern) is a 1956 romantic drama film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Nicole Berger, Maximilian Schell and Viktor de Kowa. It portrays the relationship between a Belgian woman and a German soldier during the First World War.

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with location filming around the town of Damme in Flanders. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.

Cast

• Nicole Berger as Angeline Meunier / Engele
• Maximilian Schell as Lt. Alexander 'Alex' Haller
• Viktor de Kowa as Monsieur le Curé Simon / Dr.Simon
• Friedrich Domin as Maj. Gen Leopold Haller, Alex's Father
• Anneliese Römer as Lysette, Simon's Sister
• Erica Balqué as Elisabeth Roeder, Alex's Sister
• Fritz Tillmann as Hauptmann Lüdemann
• Gert Fröbe as Rittmeister Kupfer
• Stanislav Ledinek as Feldwebel Roebig
• Wolfried Lier as Neukerk
• Clemens Hasse as Zahlmeister
• Willi Rose as Fahrer Wuttig
• Reinhard Kolldehoff as 1. Revolutionär / Simon's Henchmen
• Hans Hessling as 2. Revolutionär / Simon's Henchmen
• Nelly Beguin as Josine
• Jochen Blume as Major
• Emmy Burg as Frau Schröppke
• Lise Coliny as Augustine Wulverghem
• Omer Ducarme as Pierre
• Eberhard Fechner as The Jasmine Soldier
• Klaus Kammer as Heniz Shopkay
• Helmut Käutner as Wachtposten
• Arthur Schröder as Oberst Träutlein
• Friedrich Maurer as Kriegsgerichtsrat
• Wolfgang Völz as Major Gunloc
• Konrad Wagner as Colonel Kruder
• Herbert Weissbach as Rucksnider
• Joachim Wichmann as Kleinsmidt
• Ralf Wolter as German Soldier
• Eva Bodden
• Jeanne Brissac
• Otto A. Buck
• Inge Drexel
• Fritz Eberth
• Hellmut Grube
• Valentin Klaus
• Karl Klüsner
• Felix Knemöller
• Guillaume Lambrette
• Oskar Lindner
• Curt Lucas
• Ursula Lyn
• Brigitte Olm
• Gisela Reiche
• Rüdiger Renn
• Martin Rickelt
• Harald Sawade
• Lili Schoenborn-Anspach
• Karl Ludwig Schreiber
• Thea Thiele
• Karin von Dassel
• Günter von Wyhl
• Kurt Weitkamp

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Girl from Flanders at IMDb