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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.
Plot
Cast
Margit Saad as Susanna, Zigeunerin
Sonja Sutter as Rose Heidkämper
Helmuth Schneider as Hans Freese, Revierförster
Albert Matterstock as Jan Wedekind, Verleger
Rolf Wanka as Ernö, Zigeunerprimas
Irene von Meyendorff as Ada Wedekind
Paul Henckels as Vater Heidkämper, Imker
Albert Florath as Pastor Mettelmann
Carsta Löck as Meta, Haushälterin bei Wedekind
Robert Meyn as Rackebrand, Forstmeister
Hubert Hilten as Mirko, junger Zigeuner
Bum Krüger as Kriminalassistent Grimm
Balduin Baas as Plaskude
Jochen Meyn as Sterthus, Hilfsförster
Hans Schwarz Jr. as Oldehoff, Torfbauer
Lore Schulz as Trina, Dorfmädchen
Hans Fitze as Ahrens, Gemeindevorsteher
Werner Schumacher as Born, Wachtmeister
Peter Ahrweiler as Ein Beamter
Kerstin De Ahna as Dörte, Dorfmädchen
Maria Litto as Jolan, Zigeunerin
Alma Auler as Telefonistin
Ronni Fischer as Geza, ein junger Zigeuner
Erica Schramm as Krankenschwester
Mita von Ahlefeldt as Frau Mettelmann
August Weiß as Istvan, Stammesältester der Zigeuner
References
Bibliography
Elizabeth Boa & Rachel Palfreyman. Heimat - A German Dream: Regional Loyalties and National Identity in German Culture 1890-1990. OUP Oxford, 21 Sep 2000.
External links
Three Birch Trees on the Heath at IMDb