When The Village Music Plays on Sunday Nights (German: Wenn am Sonntagabend die Dorfmusik spielt) is a 1953 West German romance film directed by Rudolf Schündler and starring Rudolf Prack, Ingeborg Körner and Walter Müller.[1] It is a heimatfilm shot in Gevacolor.
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| Directed by | Rudolf Schündler |
| Written by | Werner P. Zibaso |
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| Cinematography | Kurt Schulz |
| Edited by | Margarete Steinborn |
| Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
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| Distributed by | Gloria Film |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in the Black Forest. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann.
Cast
- Rudolf Prack as Martin
- Ingeborg Körner as Kati Ertl
- Walter Müller as Jonny
- O.E. Hasse as Bruckner
- Erwin Biegel as Weber
- Cecile Cronenberga s Bärbel
- Rasma Ducat
- Erna Haffner as Lydia
- Bruce Low as Singer
- Bruno W. Pantel as Kaspar
- Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann as Dagobert
- Kurt Reimann as Nachtigall
- Marina Ried as Edith, Sängerin
- Ludwig Schmitz as Tünnes
- Heinz Schulz as Jochen
- Maria Sebaldt as Rosl
- Oskar Sima as Kubbitzky, Konzertagent
- Hans Stüwe as Gutsbesitzer Ertl
- Egon Vogel
- Fritz Wagner as Franz, Ertls Bruder
- Trude Wilke-Roßwog as Wirtin
- Steffi Wüstenberg as Liesl, Wirtin bei Ertl
References
Bibliography
- Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.
