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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 produced that year, as the genre's popularity reached its peak.[1]

Three Birch Trees on the Heath
Directed by	Ulrich Erfurth
Written by	Erich Engels Wolf Neumeister
Produced by	Walter Koppel Gyula Trebitsch
Starring	Margit Saad Sonja Sutter Helmuth Schneider
Cinematography	Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Ilse Voigt
Music by	Siegfried Franz
Production company	Real Film
Distributed by	J. Arthur Rank Film
Release date	30 November 1956
Running time	87 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

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

This article needs a plot summary. (September 2021)

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

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