Maria the Maid

1936 film

Maria the Maid (German: Maria, die Magd) is a 1936 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Hilde Körber, Hilde Hildebrand, and Alfred Abel.^[1] It is based upon Die Kindsmagd, a novella by Walter Harlan [de; es] (the director's father). It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Grave and Hans Minzloff.

Cast

• Hilde Körber as Maria Klimank
• Hilde Hildebrand as Actress Alice Winter
• Alfred Abel as Lawyer Dr. Winter
• Hans Schlenck as Soldier Franz
• Herbert Paulmüller [de] as Franz's father
• Ernst Legal as Mayor Kilmank
• Helmut Brasch as Johann
• Will Dohm as Albert
• Wolfgang Kieling as Christoph, Marias little brother
• Arthur Fritz Eugens [de; it] as Gerd
• Manny Ziener as Mother Klimank
• Gerhardt Gruender as Eugen
• Gisela von Collande as Eugens Governess
• Erika Raphael [de] as Kathi, maidservant
• Erich Kestin as Reporter
• Else Petersen as Alice's friend
• Carl Auen as Theatre Director
• Rudolf Essek [de] as Dr. Berghof
• Walter Albrecht as Friend at bowling
• Doddy Delissen [de; es; fr] as Singer
• Walter Schramm-Duncker as Farmer
• Juliana Sommer as Farmer's wife
• Fritz Ulrich as Guest at silver wedding
• Walter Werner as Old man in the train

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder, p. 183.

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.

External links

• Maria the Maid at IMDb