Midsummer Night's Fire

Midsummer Night's Fire
Midsummer Night's Fire
	German film poster
German	Johannisfeuer
Directed by	Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Screenplay by	Alf Teichs; Kurt Heuser
Based on	Fires of St. John; by Hermann Sudermann
Produced by	Ernst Günter Techow
Starring	Anna Dammann; Ernst von Klipstein; Gertrud Meyen
Cinematography	Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Alice Ludwig
Music by	Herbert Windt
Production; company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	3 November 1939;
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Midsummer Night's Fire or St. John's Fire (German: Johannisfeuer) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Anna Dammann, Ernst von Klipstein, and Gertrud Meyen.^[1] The film is based on the play Fires of St. John by Hermann Sudermann.^[2]^[3] The title refers to Saint John's Eve.

The film's art direction was by Carl Böhm [de] and Erich Czerwonski. Location shooting took place in Prenzlau and around Masuria in East Prussia. It was remade in 1954 as Love is Forever.

Plot

After many years in Africa, a man returns to his village in East Prussia to marry his intended bride. However, he finds himself drawn to another girl and contemplates running away with her.

Cast

Anna Dammann as Marikke
Ernst von Klipstein as Georg
Gertrud Meyen as Trude Vogelreuter
Hans Brausewetter as Haffke
Otto Wernicke as Vogelreuter
Maria Koppenhöfer as Weszkalnene
Erich Dunskus as Plötz
Charlott Daudert as Elise
Jeanette Bethge as Mamsell
Lilo Bergen
Erich Ziegel as Magerdick
Änne Bruck
Kurt Dreml
Christine Grossmann
Herbert Klatt
Armin Münch
Hellmuth Passarge
Heinz Rippert
Annemarie Schäfer
Willi Schwarz
Theodor Vogeler
Constanze von Eyck
Karin Mairlechner
Ruth von Enckevort

Production

Certain scenes^[4] judged too "paganistic" by censors of the time in Nazi Germany were cut from the film.^[5]

References

↑ Williams, Alan (2002). Film and Nationalism. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. p. 150. ISBN 0813530407.
↑ Rentschler, Eric (15 October 2013). German Film & Literature. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-36873-8.
↑ Schönfeld, Christiane (15 June 2023). The History of German Literature on Film. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-62892-375-9.
↑ Schönfeld, Christiane (15 June 2023). The History of German Literature on Film. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-62892-375-9.
↑ Jeune cinéma (in French). Fédération Jean Vigo. 1988.

External links

Midsummer Night's Fire at IMDb

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[1] Williams, Alan (2002). Film and Nationalism. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. p. 150. ISBN 0813530407.

[2] Rentschler, Eric (15 October 2013). German Film & Literature. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-36873-8.

[3] Schönfeld, Christiane (15 June 2023). The History of German Literature on Film. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-62892-375-9.

[4] Schönfeld, Christiane (15 June 2023). The History of German Literature on Film. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-62892-375-9.

[5] Jeune cinéma (in French). Fédération Jean Vigo. 1988.

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