My Summer Companion (German: Gefährtin meines Sommers) is a 1943 German romantic drama film directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring Anna Dammann, Paul Hartmann and Wolfgang Lukschy. It was shot at the Cinetone Studios in Amsterdam and the Filmstad in the Hague, both in the German-occupied Netherlands. Location shooting took place around the outskirts of Berlin in Brandenburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter.
Synopsis
The celebrated pianist Angelika Rink is exhausted by her performances and returns to her home village to recuperate. There she encounters her childhood sweetheart Manfred Claudius now a doctor. Both realise they are still in love with each other, but their respective commitments to their careers mean they cannot fully embrace their feelings.
Cast
- Anna Dammann as Angelika Rink, Pianistin
- Paul Hartmann as Dr. Manfred Claudius, Arzt, Jugendfreund von Angelika
- Wolfgang Lukschy as Jochen Binding, Manfreds Freund
- Eduard von Winterstein as Der alte Rink, Angelikas Vater
- O.E. Hasse as Gerhard Morton, Angelikas Verlobter
- Margarete Haagen as Fräulein Heubner, Haushälterin bei Manfred
- Viktoria von Ballasko as Hanna Polenz, Frau des Müllers
- Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Kutscher Prüschke
- Josefine Dora as Sabine, genannt Bienchen
- Ursula Voàas Mariechen, Frau des Försters
- Oscar Sabo as Dittner, ein Bauer, Dr. Claudius' Patient
- Hellmuth Passarge as Der Briefträger
- Leo Peukert as Der Imressario
- Franz-Paul Adams as Ein alter Bauer
- Ilse Cornels as Eine junge Frau nach Hannas Selbstmordversuch
- Gerhard Dammann as Ein wartender Patient vor Dr. Claudius' Haus
- Karl Dannemann as Förster Heiner Barteck
- Hugo Gau-Hamm as Ein Dorfbewoner
- Käthe Jöken-König as Eine Bäuerin
- Gustav Knuth as Georg Polenz, Müller
- Artur Malkowsky as Fährmann Bochnik
- Claire Reigbert as Die Hebamme
- Peter Strunk as Ein Dorfbewohner
- Hella Thornegg as Eine Bäuerin
- Anneliese Würtz as Eine junge Frau nach Hannas Selbstmordversuch
References
Bibliography
- Bruns, Karin. Kinomythen 1920-1945: Die Filmentwürfe der Thea von Harbou. J.B. Metzler, 2016.
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1942. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
- Skopal, Pavel & Winkel, Roel Vande. (ed.) Film Professionals in Nazi-Occupied Europe: Mediation Between the National-Socialist Cultural âÂÂNew Orderâ and Local Structures. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
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