Three Birch Trees on the Heath (1956)

Original title

Drei Birken auf der Heide

Directed by

Ulrich Erfurth

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 29m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A story set in the Lüneburg Heath region of Germany, following characters whose lives are intertwined with the land and each other. It is a drama from the heimatfilm tradition, focused on rural life and personal relationships.

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What happens

Three Birch Trees on the Heath (German: Drei Birken auf der Heide) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and starring Margit Saad, Sonja Sutter and Helmuth Schneider. It was one of 54 heimatfilm pictures produced that year, as the genre's popularity reached its peak. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dieter Bartels. The film was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location around Lüneburg Heath outside the city. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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