The Forest House in Tyrol or The Lodge in Tyrol (German: Das Forsthaus in Tirol) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Hermann Kugelstadt and starring Wera Frydtberg, Helmuth Schneider and Dorothea Wieck. Location shooting took place around Mittenwald, Innsbruck and Kitzbühel. Interiors were shot at temporary studio in Mittenwald. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Seefelder. It was part of the boom in heimatfilm in post-war West Germany.
Synopsis
Richard Ferner returns to his Tyrolean home village after decades away, having mead a fortune from an African mine. He had fled many years before after stealing from his employer, and had abandoned his fiancée Dorothee, now the widow of a forester. He seeks to make amends to her by helping out her two children, preventing the son from engaging in petty theft in the same manner he once did and helping the daughter in her romance with the son of a hotelier.
Cast
Wera Frydtberg as Maria Attinger
Helmuth Schneider as Michael Reimers, Hotelbesitzersohn
Dorothea Wieck as Dorothee Attinger, Försterwitwe
Albrecht Schoenhals as Richard Ferner
Albert Hehn as Walter Brugg, Fahr- und Motorradhändler
Ernst Waldow as Klinke aus Berlin
Beppo Brem as Sepp, Bergführer
Albert Florath as Hotelier Reimers, Michaels Vater
Christian Doermer as Alfons Attinger, Marias Bruder
Charles Regnier as Milazzo, Juwelier
Hubert von Meyerinck as von Langer, Staatsanwalt
Gert Fröbe as Bäuerle, Kaufmann
Michl Lang as Karl, Hausdiener
Jupp Hussels as Herr Küppers, Vater von Margot
Hans Hermann Schaufuß as Kipling, Sparkassendirektor
Bobby Todd as Dr. Hausschild, Arzt
Gusti Kreissl as Frau Küppers, Margots Mutter
Ingeborg Christiansen as Margot Küppers, Tochter
Viktor Afritsch as Ringeis, Apotheker
References
Bibliography
Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. Ivanova, Mariana. Cinema of Collaboration: DEFA Coproductions and International Exchange in Cold War Europe. Berghahn Books, 2019.