The Shepherd from Trutzberg

1959 film

Ludwig Ganghofer (novel)
Peter Ostermayr

Produced by

Peter Ostermayr
Dietrich von Theobald

Starring

Heidi Brühl
Hans von Borsody
Franziska Kinz

CinematographyFranz KochEdited byHilwa von BoroMusic byGiuseppe Becce

Production
company

Peter Ostermayr Produktion

Distributed byBavaria Film

Release date

16 January 1959 (1959-01-16)

Running time

96 minutesCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman

The Shepherd from Trutzberg (German: Der Schäfer vom Trutzberg) is a 1959 West German historical romance film directed by Eduard von Borsody and starring Heidi Brühl, Hans von Borsody and Franziska Kinz.^[1] It is a heimatfilm, based on a novel by Ludwig Ganghofer.

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Carl Ludwig Kirmse.

Cast

Heidi Brühl as Hilda von Puechstein
Hans von Borsody as Lienhard
Franziska Kinz as Angela von Trutzberg
Karl Skraup as Melchior von Trutzberg
Ulrich Beiger as Heini von Seeburg
Anton Färber as Parlamentär der Seeburger
Angelika Hauff as Pernella - Magd auf Puechstein
Paul Richter as Herzog Albrecht von Bayern
Walter Sedlmayr as Eberhard von Trutzberg
Josef Sieber as Kassian Ziegenspoek - Sergeant
Hans Stadtmüller as Eberhards Reitknecht
Herbert Tiede as Korbin von Puechstein
Elisabeth Wischert as Scholastika von Puechstein

References

^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 29

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.