| The Black Forest Girl | |
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| Directed by | Hans Deppe |
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| Based on | The Black Forest Girl by August Neidhart |
| Produced by | Kurt Ulrich |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Kurt Schulz |
| Edited by | Margarete Steinborn |
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Production company | |
| Distributed by | Herzog-Filmverleih |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
| Box office | 5.6 million DM [1] |
The Black Forest Girl (German: Schwarzwaldmädel) is a 1950 West German drama film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Paul Hörbiger, Sonja Ziemann, and Rudolf Prack.[2] It is based on the 1917 operetta of the same title by Leon Jessel and August Neidhart. The film was a huge commercial success, both the biggest hit that year and the most popular film since the war. Within two years fourteen million tickets were sold in West Germany, and on the strength of it Sonja Ziemann and Rudolf Prack topped the popularity charts and received Bambi awards.[3]
The film's success revived the popularity of Heimatfilm, which came to dominate the German box office over the coming decade.[3]
- ^ "Germany's Top Grossers (Since World War Two)". 9 April 1958. p. 62.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ^ Pommerin, p. 182.
- ^ a b Braun & Marven, p. 66.