Road to Home

Road to Home
Directed by	Romano Mengon
Written by	Romano Mengon
Based on	Der Fremde by Romano Mengon
Produced by	Hans Böcker Franz Grohmann
Starring	Angelika Hauff Rolf Moebius Eduard Köck
Cinematography	Kurt Hasse
Edited by	Adolf Schlyssleder
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Production company	Alba-Film
Distributed by	Adler Film
Release date	4 March 1952 (1952-03-04)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Road to Home (German: Straße zur Heimat) is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Romano Mengon and starring Angelika Hauff, Rolf Moebius and Eduard Köck. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location around Bolzano, Merano, the Dolomites, Lake Garda, Rapallo and Genoa The film's sets were designed by the art director Gottfried zum Winkel. It was the only-post-war work of the director Mengon who had previously made several films in the Weimar Republic. It is part of the popular tradition of Heimatfilm.

Synopsis

Walter Neuhauser, an engineer who was forcibly expelled from his East Prussian homeland at the end of the Second World War, but struggles to find employment in West Germany. Looking for work he heads for Italy. In the South Tyrol, amongst the German-speaking inhabitants, he gains work on a farm. He falls for Fanny Moser, but her father disapproves of him. He heads south to Genoa and becomes involved with a smuggling ring. Eventually he returns to the South Tyron to be with Fanny, accepting this as his new homeland to replace the one he last in the east.

Cast

• Angelika Hauff as Fanny Moser
• Rolf Moebius as Walter Neuhauser
• Eduard Köck as Fannys Vater
• Hella Petri as Evi Faber
• Anna Exl as Resel
• Pero Alexander as Bill
• Louis V. Arco as Jonny Pospidil
• Jeanne Darville as Lia

Bibliography

• Höfig, Willi. Der deutsche Heimatfilm 1947–1960. F. Enke, 1973.

External links

• Road to Home at IMDb