Front Theatre (German: Fronttheater) is a 1942 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Heli Finkenzeller, René Deltgen and Lothar Firmans.

It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and the Cinetone Studios in Amsterdam. Location shooting took place in occupied Bordeaux and Greece. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Carlo Böhm and Willi Herrmann.

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Plot

A woman gives up her successful acting career to support her doctor husband. Later she takes part in entertainment for German forces during the Second World War.

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Cast

Heli Finkenzeller as Lena Meinhardt-Andres

René Deltgen as Dr. Paul Meinhardt

Lothar Firmans as Langhammer, director

Wilhelm Strienz as chamber singer Herrmann

as Hilde Keller

as Monika Keller

Willi Rose as Alwin Sommer

Rudolf Schündler as Walter Hülsen

Bruni Löbel as Gerda Hoffmann

Hilde von Stolz as Edith Reiß

Gerhard Dammann as Pietsch

Adolf Fischer as Otto Zielke

as Kummer

Ernö René as Bosco

Alice Treff as Beamtin beim Arbeitsamt

Elsa Wagner as Alte Schauspielerin

Hermann Pfeiffer as Reiseleiter einer Künstlertruppe

Ernst Karchow as Dr. Gall

Heinz Ruhmann as himself

References

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1942 romantic drama films

1940s war drama films

German romantic drama films

German war drama films

Films of Nazi Germany

Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt

German black-and-white films

Terra Film films

Films shot in France

Films shot in Greece

War romance films

World War II films made in wartime

Films about theatre

Films shot at Babelsberg Studios

1940s German films

1930s German films

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