Hannele's Journey to Heaven (German: ) is a 1922 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Margarete Schlegel, Margarete Schön and Hermann Vallentin.Rentschler, Eric. German Film & Literature. Routledge, 1986. . The film is based on the play The Assumption of Hannele by German author Gerhart Hauptmann. It was remade as a sound film in 1934.
Plot It is set in a small mountain village and tells the story of Hannele, an unhappy girl who is beaten by her stepfather and tries to commit suicide.
Cast Margarete Schlegel as Hannele Mattern Margarete Schön as Johanna, Hannele's mother Hermann Vallentin as Mattern Theodor Loos as Teacher Gottwald Ernst Dernburg as Berger Hermine Sterler as Frau Berger Esther Hagan as Martha Fritz Richard as Heiber Walter Rilla as Angel of Death Hugo Döblin as Schmidt Emil Heyse as Dr. Wachler Maria Forescu Klaus Pohl
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