Through the Forests and Through the Trees

Through the Forests and Through the Trees (German: Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen^[1]) is a 1956 West German historical comedy film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Eva Bartok, Peter Arens, and Joe Stöckel. It was Pabst's final film.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Ludwig Reiber. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Venice and Zwiesel. It was made in Eastmancolor.

Through the Forests and Through the Trees
Film poster
Directed by	G. W. Pabst
Written by	Hans Watzlik Walter Forster
Produced by	Herbert O. Horn
Starring	Eva Bartok Peter Arens Joe Stöckel
Cinematography	Kurt Grigoleit
Edited by	Herbert Taschner
Music by	Erwin Halletz Herbert Windt
Production company	Unicorn Film
Distributed by	Neue Filmverleih
Release date	19 October 1956 (1956-10-19)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Eva Bartok as Caroline Brand
• Peter Arens as Carl Maria von Weber
• Joe Stöckel as Kutscher Treml
• Rudolf Vogel as Valerian
• Karl Schönböck as Graf Enzio von Schwarzenbrunn
• Michael Cramer as Konrad
• Carolin Reiber as Marie
• Maria Stadler as Anna
• Heinz Kargus as Züngenhorn
• Rolf Weih as Seifensieder
• Erik Frey as Graf Geza Esterhazy
• Fritz Lafontaine as Mesner
• Johannes Buzalski as Schnapsnase

References

1. The reference is to the aria "Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen" from Carl Maria von Weber's opera Der Freischütz.
2. Bock & Bergfelder p. 356

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.

External links

• Through the Forests and Through the Trees at IMDb