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The Immortal Heart

1939 film

Richard Billinger
Werner Eplinius
Veit Harlan
Walter Harlan

Produced byGerhard StaabStarringHeinrich GeorgeCinematographyBruno Mondi

Release date

20 October 1939 (1939-10-20)

Running time

107 minutesCountryNazi GermanyLanguageGermanBudget1,750,000 ℛℳ^[1] (equivalent to €7,784,469 in 2021)Box office2,500,000 ℛℳ^[2] (equivalent to €11,120,670 in 2021)

The Immortal Heart (German: Das Unsterbliche Herz) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Heinrich George.^[3] It was based on Walter Harlan's play The Nuremberg Egg and depicts the inventor of the watch, Peter Henlein.^[4]

Cast

Heinrich George as Peter Henlein
Kristina Söderbaum as Ev
Paul Wegener as Dr. Schedel
Raimund Schelcher as Konrad Windhalm
Michael Bohnen as Martin Behaim
Paul Henckels as Güldenbeck
Ernst Legal as Bader Bratvogel
Eduard von Winterstein as Richter Sixtus Heith
Franz Schafheitlin as Burghauptmann Zinderl
Jakob Tiedtke as Schöffe Weihrauch

Production

Production began in July 1938.^[1] To recreate Nuremberg as it looked in 1517, the streets were covered with sand and other demodernization took place.^[2] 500 Sturmabteilung horsemen took part in medieval costumes.^[2] Harlan and Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels concurred on some cuts to the finished film.^[2]

Citations

^ ^a ^b Noack 2016, p. 138.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Noack 2016, p. 139.
^ Nugent, Frank S. (2016). "New York Times: The Immortal Heart". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
^ Romani, Cinzia (1992). Tainted Goddesses: Female Film Stars of the Third Reich. Perseus Books Group. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-9627613-1-7.

References

Noack, Frank (2016) [2000]. Veit Harlan: "des Teufels Regisser" [Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker]. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-6700-8.