Heart's Desire (1951 film)

Heart's Desire (German: Die Sehnsucht des Herzens) is a 1951 West German musical drama film directed by Paul Martin and starring Hans Hotter, Linda Caroll and Rainer Penkert.[1] It is based on the novel D-Zug, 517 by the Austrian writer Maria Peteani.[2] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Bruno Monden and Hermann Warm. It is also known by the alternative title Spring Romance (German: Frühlingsromanze)

Heart's Desire
Directed byPaul Martin
Written byEberhard Keindorff
Paul Martin
Johanna Sibelius
Based onD-Zug, 517 by Maria Peteani
Produced byEberhard Klagemann
StarringHans Hotter
Linda Caroll
Rainer Penkert
CinematographyWerner Krien
Edited byGertrud Hinz
Music byLothar Brühne
Production
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Klagemann-Film
Distributed byAnton E. Dietz-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 19 January 1951 (1951-01-19)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

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After a traffic accident the attractive young Ebba is taken to hospital where she encounters the celebrated Kammersänger Lindner. She quickly falls in love with him and believes he reciprocates her feeling, although he has really sworn off romance to concentrate only on his music. Ebba's friend Richard, who has a secret passion for her, is distressed to see that she has eyes only for Lindner now.

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References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.514
  2. ^ Goble p.482

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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