A Love Story () is a 1954 West German historical romantic drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Hildegard Knef, O.W. Fischer and Viktor de Kowa.Broadbent & Hake p.123 It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in Celle and Umgebung. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Kettelhut and Johannes Ott. It was produced by Erich Pommer's independent company Intercontinental Film. It was part of the tradition of Prussian films, which had enjoyed great popularity in the Weimair and Nazi eras.
Synopsis In Prussia in 1764, a hero of the Seven Years' War falls in love with an actress who had previously been a mistress to another officer. He wants to marry her, but both his family and his superiors do everything they can to thwart the relationship, considering her low status as inappropriate for him.
Cast Hildegard Knef as Lili Schallweiß, Schauspielerin O.W. Fischer as Jost v. Fredersdorff, Rittmeister Viktor de Kowa as Manfred v. Prittwitz, Major Karl Ludwig Diehl as Oberst Kessler, Regiments-Kommandeur Mathias Wieman as Fritz v. Fredersdorff, Gutsbesitzer Claus Biederstaedt as von Gagern, Regiments-Adjutant Maria Paudler as Henriette Kessler Helga Siemers as Marta Kessler, Tochter Alf Pankarter as Leutnant v. Mürwitz Reinhold Schünzel as Schlumberger, Schauspieldirektor
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Bibliography Broadbent, Philip & Hake, Sabine. Berlin Divided City, 1945-1989. Berghahn Books, 2010.
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