The Girl from Flanders

1956 film

The Girl from Flanders
German film poster

German	Ein Mädchen aus Flandern

Directed by	Helmut Käutner
Written by	Carl Zuckmayer (novel) Heinz Pauck Helmut Käutner
Produced by	Herbert Uhlich
Starring	Nicole Berger Maximilian Schell Viktor de Kowa
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by	Anneliese Schönnenbeck
Music by	Bernhard Eichhorn
Production company	Capitol Film
Distributed by	Prisma Film
Release date	16 February 1956 (1956-02-16)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Girl from Flanders (German: Ein Mädchen aus Flandern) is a 1956 romantic drama film directed by Helmut Käutner starring Nicole Berger, Maximilian Schell, and Viktor de Kowa.^[1] It is an adaption of the novel Engele von Löwen (Angele de Louvain) written by Carl Zuckmayer.

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with location filming around the town of Damme in Flanders. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz.

Plot

1914, German advance through Belgium: the young war volunteer Alexander 'Alex' Haller (Schell) is given water by an equally young Belgian woman (Berger). 1917, Third Battle of Flanders: Alex, now a 2nd lieutenant, is tired about the propaganda at the Home Front, so he spends his furlough in the hinterland of the Western Front. While boarding in a brothel, he meets the young woman again. They fall in love. Late 1918, German retreat after the Armistice: Engele and Alex meet again only to be harassed by a Belgian mob. Shortly prior to be hanged by the mob, a group of passing Belgian soldiers, tired about killing, saves them. End of the tale.

Cast

Nicole Berger as Angeline Meunier / Engele
Maximilian Schell as Lt. Alexander 'Alex' Haller
Viktor de Kowa as Monsieur le Curé Simon / Dr.Simon
Friedrich Domin as Maj. Gen Leopold Haller, Alex's Father
Anneliese Römer as Lysette, Simon's Sister
Erica Balqué as Elisabeth Roeder, Alex's Sister
Fritz Tillmann as Hauptmann Lüdemann
Gert Fröbe as Rittmeister Kupfer
Stanislav Ledinek as Feldwebel Roebig
Wolfried Lier as Neukerk
Clemens Hasse as Zahlmeister
Willi Rose as Fahrer Wuttig
Reinhard Kolldehoff as 1. Revolutionär / Simon's Henchmen
Hans Hessling as 2. Revolutionär / Simon's Henchmen
Nelly Beguin as Josine
Jochen Blume as Major
Emmy Burg as Frau Schröppke
Lise Coliny as Augustine Wulverghem
Omer Ducarme as Pierre
Eberhard Fechner as The Jasmine Soldier
Klaus Kammer as Heniz Shopkay
Helmut Käutner as Wachtposten
Arthur Schröder as Oberst Träutlein
Friedrich Maurer as Kriegsgerichtsrat
Wolfgang Völz as Major Gunloc
Konrad Wagner as Colonel Kruder
Herbert Weissbach as Rucksnider
Joachim Wichmann as Kleinsmidt
Ralf Wolter as German Soldier
Eva Bodden
Jeanne Brissac
Otto A. Buck
Inge Drexel
Fritz Eberth
Hellmut Grube
Valentin Klaus
Karl Klüsner
Felix Knemöller
Guillaume Lambrette
Oskar Lindner
Curt Lucas
Ursula Lyn
Brigitte Olm
Gisela Reiche
Rüdiger Renn
Martin Rickelt
Harald Sawade
Lili Schoenborn-Anspach
Karl Ludwig Schreiber
Thea Thiele
Karin von Dassel
Günter von Wyhl
Kurt Weitkamp

References

^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 121. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.