Frau Sixta
- Gustav Fröhlich
- Franziska Kinz
- Ilse Werner
company
- 7 September 1938 (1938-09-07)
Frau Sixta is a 1938 German historical drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Franziska Kinz and Ilse Werner.[1] It is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by the Swiss writer Ernst Zahn.[2]
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Koehn and Hans Kuhnert. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location at the winter sports resort of Kühtai in the Austrian Tyrol.
Plot
In the 1860s a widow runs an estate, close to the Italian border. One day a former army officer arrives on his way to Italy. She persuades him to stay and work for her, and before long they begin a relationship. However, complications ensue when her daughter returns home from boarding school and develops an attachment to her mother's lover.
Cast
- Gustav Fröhlich as Markus
- Franziska Kinz as Frau Sixta
- Ilse Werner as Otti, their daughter
- Josefine Dora as Dora, Beschließerin
- Josef Eichheim as Hannes
- Beppo Brem as Korbinian
- Gustav Waldau as Baron Kramer
- Eduard Köck as Pankraz, the old servant
- Heidemarie Hatheyer as Anna, waitress
- Willy Rösner as Forcher, community leader
- Ernst Pröckl as district governor
- Hertha von Hagen as matron
- Walter Holten as customs inspector
- Karl Theodor Langen as municipal secretary
- Rolf Pinegger as Brandner
- Thea Aichbichler as Brandnerin
References
- ^ Waldman, Harry (2008). Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-7864-3861-7.
- ^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 515. ISBN 3598114923.
External links
- Frau Sixta at IMDb
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