The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau

1952 film

The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau

German film poster

German| Der Herrgottschnitzer von Ammergau
Directed by| Harald Reinl
Written by| Peter Ostermayr
Based on| Der Herrgottschnitzer von Ammergau (play)
by Ludwig Ganghofer
Produced by| Ottmar Ostermayr
Starring|

* Erich Auer
* Elise Aulinger
* Willy Rösner

Cinematography| Josef Illig
Franz Koch
Edited by| Adolf Schlyssleder
Music by| Giuseppe Becce
Fred Rauch

Production
company

Peter Ostermayr Produktion

Distributed by| Kopp-Filmverleih

Release date

* 19 December 1952 (1952-12-19)

Running time

| 90 minutes
Country| West Germany
Language| German

The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau (German: Der Herrgottschnitzer von Ammergau) is a 1952 West German romantic drama film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Erich Auer, Elise Aulinger and Willy Rösner.[1] Part of the tradition of heimatfilm, it was based on the 1880 play of the same name by Ludwig Ganghofer. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in the Bavarian Alps. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Seefelder.

## Plot

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A rural wood carver is invited by a painter to come to Munich to study art, leading to tensions with his girlfriend.

## Cast

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* Erich Auer as Pauli
* Elise Aulinger as Vroni
* Willy Rösner as Wirt
* Ingeborg Cornelius as Loni
* Paul Richter as Baumiller
* Elfie Pertramer as Marei
* Sepp Rist as Jäger
* Heinrich Hauser [de] as Lehnl
* Ludwig Schmid-Wildy as Rötelbacher
* Thea Aichbichler as Mrs. Rötelbacher
* Walter Sedlmayr as Muckl
* Addi Adametz as Liesl
* Karl Bauhofer as bandmaster #1
* Georg Bauer
* Alwin Emmerl
* José Held as bandmaster #2
* Rosl Mayr as Zenzi

## References

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1. ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 29\. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.

## External links

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* The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau at IMDb

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Films directed by Harald Reinl

* Mountain Crystal (1949)
* The Crucifix Carver of Ammergau (1952)
* The Monastery's Hunter (1953)
* Rose-Girl Resli (1954)
* The Silent Angel (1954)
* As Long as You Live (1955)
* The Twins from Zillertal (1957)
* The Green Devils of Monte Cassino (1958)
* U 47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien (1958)
* Romarei, the Girl with the Green Eyes (1958)
* Der Frosch mit der Maske (1959)
* Paradise for Sailors (1959)
* We Will Never Part (1960)
* The Return of Doctor Mabuse (1961)
* The Forger of London (1961)
* Treasure of the Silver Lake (1962)
* Apache Gold (1963)
* The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963)
* The White Spider (1963)
* Last of the Renegades (1964)
* Room 13 (1964)
* The Desperado Trail (1965)
* The Last Tomahawk (1965)
* The Blood Demon (1967)
* Death and Diamonds (1968)
* The Valley of Death (1968)
* Death in the Red Jaguar (1968)
* Dead Body on Broadway (1969)
* We'll Take Care of the Teachers (1970)
* The Tiger Gang (1971)
* Holidays in Tyrol (1971)
* Who Laughs Last, Laughs Best (1971)
* Cry of the Black Wolves (1972)
* The Heath Is Green (1972)
* Hubertus Castle (1973)
* The Bloody Vultures of Alaska (1973)
* No Gold for a Dead Diver (1974)
* The Hunter of Fall (1974)

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