Heartbroken on the Moselle

Heartbroken on the Moselle (German: Moselfahrt aus Liebeskummer) is a 1953 West German romantic comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Will Quadflieg, Elisabeth Müller, and Oliver Grimm. It was based on a 1932 novella by Rudolf G. Binding.^[1] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich with outdoor filming in Bayreuth in Bavaria and at various locations in the Rhineland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rudi Remp.

Heartbroken on the Moselle
Directed by	Kurt Hoffmann
Written by	Rudolf G. Binding (novel) Ilse Lotz-Dupont
Produced by	Jochen Genzow
Starring	Will Quadflieg Elisabeth Müller Oliver Grimm
Cinematography	Heinz Schnackertz
Edited by	Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann
Music by	Johannes Weissenbach
Production company	Ariston Film
Distributed by	Columbia Film
Release date	12 November 1953 (1953-11-12)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Will Quadflieg as Dr. Thomas Arend
• Elisabeth Müller as Angela Schaefer
• Oliver Grimm as Kaspar Schäfer
• Renate Mannhardt as Dorette Sorel
• John Van Dreelen as Bernd Zagler
• Franziska Kinz as Maria Klaus
• Albert Florath as Zyprian
• Erica Beer as Sylvie
• Rudolf Reiff as Küfermeister Kuby
• Bum Krüger as Weinkenner

References

1. Goble, p. 875.

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
• Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
• Rentschler, Eric, ed. (2013). German Film and Literature: Adaptations and Transformations. Hoboken, NJ: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-136-36873-8.

External links

• Heartbroken on the Moselle at IMDb