Maria the Maid

1936 film

Axel Eggebrecht
Veit Harlan

Based onDie Kindsmagd (novella)
by Walter Harlan [de; es]Starring

Hilde Körber
Hilde Hildebrand
Alfred Abel

CinematographyWerner BohneEdited byWalter von BonhorstMusic byLeo Leux

Production
companies

Minerva-Tonfilm
Tobis Film

Distributed byRota-Film

Release date

2 October 1936 (1936-10-02)

Running time

88 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageGerman

Maria the Maid (German: Maria, die Magd) is a 1936 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Hilde Körber, Hilde Hildebrand, and Alfred Abel.^[1] It is based upon Die Kindsmagd, a novella by Walter Harlan [de; es] (the director's father). It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Grave and Hans Minzloff.

Cast

Hilde Körber as Maria Klimank
Hilde Hildebrand as Actress Alice Winter
Alfred Abel as Lawyer Dr. Winter
Hans Schlenck as Soldier Franz
Herbert Paulmüller [de] as Franz's father
Ernst Legal as Mayor Kilmank
Helmut Brasch as Johann
Will Dohm as Albert
Wolfgang Kieling as Christoph, Marias little brother
Arthur Fritz Eugens [de; it] as Gerd
Manny Ziener as Mother Klimank
Gerhardt Gruender as Eugen
Gisela von Collande as Eugens Governess
Erika Raphael [de] as Kathi, maidservant
Erich Kestin as Reporter
Else Petersen as Alice's friend
Carl Auen as Theatre Director
Rudolf Essek [de] as Dr. Berghof
Walter Albrecht as Friend at bowling
Doddy Delissen [de; es; fr] as Singer
Walter Schramm-Duncker as Farmer
Juliana Sommer as Farmer's wife
Fritz Ulrich as Guest at silver wedding
Walter Werner as Old man in the train

References

^ Bock & Bergfelder, p. 183.

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.