A Heidelberg Romance

A Heidelberg Romance
Directed by	Paul Verhoeven
Written by	Willy Clever Karl Peter Gillmann
Produced by	Heinrich Jonen
Starring	Liselotte Pulver O.W. Fischer Gardy Granass Gunnar Möller
Cinematography	Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited by	Ilse Voigt
Music by	Werner R. Heymann
Production company	Meteor-Film
Distributed by	Schorcht Filmverleih
Release date	23 December 1951 (1951-12-23)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

A Heidelberg Romance (German: Heidelberger Romanze) is a 1951 West German romance film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Liselotte Pulver, O.W. Fischer and Gardy Granass. The film set a template for portraying German-American relations.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat. It was shot at the Bendestorf Studios and on location in Heidelberg.

Plot

While accompanying his daughter on a trip to Heidelberg, a wealthy American businessman recounts a romance he had with a local girl forty years before.

Cast

• Liselotte Pulver as Susanne Edwards
• O.W. Fischer as Hans-Joachim, Prinz von Reiningen
• Gardy Granass as Fannerl Brückner
• Gunnar Möller as William Edwards jr
• Hans Leibelt as William Edwards
• Ruth Niehaus as Gabriele Attendorf
• Hans Reiser as Erwin Turner
• Margarete Haagen as Tante Amalie Brückner
• Paul Verhoeven as Detektiv Schulze
• Melanie Horeschowsky as Alte Fannerl
• Joachim Brennecke as Thomas Altendorf
• Franz Schafheitlin as Hotelbediensteter

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
• Stephan, Alexander. Americanization & Anti-Americanism: The German Encounter With American Culture After 1945. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

• A Heidelberg Romance at IMDb