The Valley of Love (1935 film)

The Valley of Love (German: Das Tal der Liebe or Der Ammenkönig) is a 1935 German comedy film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Käthe Gold, Richard Romanowsky and Marieluise Claudius.^{[1] [2]} It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios of Tobis Film in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. It is based on the 1902 farce Das Tal des Lebens by Max Dreyer. It was given a fresh release in 1950 by Deutsche London Film.

The Valley of Love
Directed by	Hans Steinhoff
Written by	Axel Eggebrecht Ernst Hasselbach Erich Kröhnke
Based on	Das Tal des Lebens by Max Dreyer
Produced by	Karl Julius Fritzsche
Starring	Käthe Gold Richard Romanowsky Marieluise Claudius
Cinematography	Rudolf Bredtschneider Willy Gerlach Karl Puth
Edited by	Alice Ludwig
Music by	Franz Grothe
Production company	Centropa-Film
Distributed by	Europa Film Tobis-Sascha (Austria)
Release date	5 December 1935 (1935-12-05)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Käthe Gold as Die Marktgräfin
• Richard Romanowsky as Der Marktgraf
• Gustav Knuth as Hans Stork
• Marieluise Claudius as Lisbeth
• Erika von Thellmann as Prinzessin Mathilde, die Schwester des Marktgrafen
• Fita Benkhoff as Theres
• Theo Lingen as Der Keuschheitskommissar
• Georg H. Schnell as Herr von Geldern
• Erhard Siedel as Flitzinger
• Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Herr von Roden
• Ernst Behmer as Leibdiener Pfeffermann
• Gerhard Dammann as Wachtmeister Schlippenbach
• Flockina von Platen as Frau von Prillwitz, Hofdame
• Friedrich Ettel as Sass

References

1. Giesen p.145
2. Bock & Bergfelder p.251

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
• Giesen, Rolf. The Nosferatu Story: The Seminal Horror Film, Its Predecessors and Its Enduring Legacy. McFarland, 2019.
• Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.

External links

• The Valley of Love at IMDb