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A Heidelberg Romance

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A Heidelberg Romance
Directed byPaul Verhoeven
Written by
Produced byHeinrich Jonen
Starring
CinematographyKonstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited byIlse Voigt
Music byWerner R. Heymann
Production
company
Meteor-Film
Distributed bySchorcht Filmverleih
Release date
  • 23 December 1951 (1951-12-23)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

A Heidelberg Romance (German: Heidelberger Romanze) is a 1951 West German romance film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Liselotte Pulver, O.W. Fischer and Gardy Granass. The film set a template for portraying German-American relations.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat. It was shot at the Bendestorf Studios and on location in Heidelberg.

Plot

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While accompanying his daughter on a trip to Heidelberg, a wealthy American businessman recounts a romance he had with a local girl forty years before.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Stephan p.163

Bibliography

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  • Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Stephan, Alexander. Americanization & Anti-Americanism: The German Encounter With American Culture After 1945. Berghahn Books, 2005.
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