Your Heart Is My Homeland

Your Heart Is My Homeland
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Directed by	Richard Häussler
Written by	Irmgard Wurmbrand (novel) Thea von Harbou
Starring	Inge Egger Erwin Strahl Viktor Staal
Music by	Anton Profes
Cinematography	Walter Tuch
Edited by	Max Michel
Production company	Beta Film Primus Film
Distributed by	Kopp-Filmverleih
Release dates	13 November 1953
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Austria West Germany
Language	German

Your Heart Is My Homeland (German: Dein Herz ist meine Heimat) is a 1953 Austrian-West German drama film directed by Richard Häussler and starring Inge Egger, Erwin Strahl and Viktor Staal. It is also known as Magdalena Percht after the lead character. It is part of the trend of post-war heimatfilm. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Salzburg.

The script was written by Metropolis screenwriter Thea von Harbou. The project had originally been planned in 1947 to be directed by Eduard von Borsody as a comeback vehicle for the actor Attila Hörbiger.

Cast

• Inge Egger as Magdalena Percht
• Erwin Strahl as Andreas Möbius
• Viktor Staal as Christian Möbius
• Elisabeth Markus as Magdalenas Mutter
• Heinrich Gretler as Bürgermeister Percht
• Albert Florath as Lehrer
• Walter Janssen as Pfarrer
• Bum Krüger as Wirt
• Melanie Horeschowsky as Frau Heftel
• Alfred Menhardt
• Eva Orler
• Anton Gaugl
• Gustav Waldau
• Kurt von Lessen

Bibliography

• Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.
• Von Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.

External links

• Your Heart Is My Homeland at IMDb