Engagement at Wolfgangsee

Engagement at Wolfgangsee (German: Verlobung am Wolfgangsee) is a 1956 Austrian comedy film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Ingrid Andree, Wolf Albach-Retty and Maria Andergast.[1] The film was shot in Agfacolor at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna and on location around Lake Wolfgang. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wolf Witzemann. It is a remake of the 1943 film Sophienlund which was itself based on a 1941 play of the same title which Weiss co-authored. It was part of a large number of heimatfilm made in Germany and Austria during the decade.[2]

Engagement at Wolfgangsee
Directed byHelmut Weiss
Written byFritz Peter Buch
Based onSophienlund by Helmut Weiss and Fritz von Woedtke
Produced byAlfred Lehr
Ernest Müller
StarringIngrid Andree
Wolf Albach-Retty
Maria Andergast
CinematographyWalter Tuch
Edited byIlse Wilken
Music byHans Lang
Production
companies
Schönbrunn-Film
Österreichische Film
Distributed bySascha Film
Neue Filmverleih (West Germany)
Release date
25 October 1956
Running time
90 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

When the Eckberg family gathers at their home by Lake Wolfgang, their father reveals to them that their relationships to each other are different to what they had been brought up to believe.

Cast

References
  1. Von Dassanowsky p.166
  2. Von Dassanowsky p.166

Bibliography
  • Von Dassanowsky, Robert . Austrian Cinema. McFarland & Co, 2005.


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