Hanneles Himmelfahrt (film)

Hanneles Himmelfahrt is a 1934 German drama film directed by Thea von Harbou and starring Inge Landgut. 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. The film is based on the play The Assumption of Hannele by Gerhart Hauptmann. It has strong Christian themes.

An earlier adaptation of the play directed by Urban Gad was released in 1922. Harbou was best known as a screenwriter; Hanneles Himmelfahrt was her second and last film as director. It premiered in Berlin on 13 April 1934.

Cast

Inge Landgut as Hannele

Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Mattern, her stepfather

Käte Haack as sister Martha

Theodor Loos as Gottwald, teacher

Elisabeth Wendt as Hete

Else Ehser as Tulpe

Ilse Fürstenberg as Wirtin

Paul Rehkopf as Wirt

Alfred Stratmann as Schmidt, forest worker

Hans Mitzlaff as Hanke

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1934 films

Films about Christianity

German films based on plays

Films based on works by Gerhart Hauptmann

Films directed by Thea von Harbou

Films of Nazi Germany

German drama films

1930s German-language films

Films with screenplays by Thea von Harbou

Remakes of German films

Sound film remakes of silent films

1934 drama films

German black-and-white films

1930s German films