The Tannhof Women

The Tannhof Women (German: Die Frauen vom Tannhof) is a 1934 German drama film directed by Franz Seitz and starring Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Paul Richter and Ursula Grabley. It was distributed in America in 1936 and reviewed by the New York Times.

Synopsis

For more than a hundred years a curse has seemingly hung over the Tanhoff family. Due to the hard-heartedness of one of their ancestors, all the woman of the family die in childbirth. Hertha, a self-confident city girl marrying the heir to the Tanhoff estate, tries to overcome the family's fears about the curse.

Cast

• Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Jakob Aigner, der Tannenhofbauer
• Paul Richter as Hans Aigner, sein Sohn
• Marianne Wehmer as Agnes Baumann
• Ursula Grabley as Hertha Richter
• Josef Eichheim as Michel, Knecht auf dem Tannenhof
• Walter Holten as Max Lankes
• Käte Merk as Else Lankes, seine Frau
• Rosa Kirchner-Lang as Regine, Wirtschafterin des Tannenhofes
• Franz Sigg as Weinberger, Wirt des Unterkunftshauses

References

Bibliography

• Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1934. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
• Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films In America, 1933-1942. McFarland & Co, 2008.

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