The Eternal Tone

1943 film

Artur A. Kuhnert
Günther Rittau

Produced byErnst Günter TechowStarring

Elfriede Datzig
Rudolf Prack
Olga Chekhova

CinematographyWilli KuhleEdited byAlice LudwigMusic byFranz Grothe

Production
company

Terra Film

Distributed byDeutsche Filmvertriebs

Release date

15 July 1943 (1943-07-15)

Running time

87 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageGerman

The Eternal Tone (German: Der ewige Klang) is a 1943 German drama film directed by Günther Rittau and starring Elfriede Datzig, Rudolf Prack and Olga Chekhova.^[1]

It was shot at the Babelsberg and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in Kitzbühel in Tyrol. The film's sets were designed by the art director Artur Günther.

Cast

Elfriede Datzig as Therese
Rudolf Prack as Berthold Buchner
Olga Chekhova as Josephine Malti, Singer
Wilhelm Borchert as Matthias Buchner
O.E. Hasse as Impresario Grundmann
Georges Boulanger as Mit sein Ensemble
Hans Dengel as Holzfäller
Georg Vogelsang as Florian
Olga Engl as Zuhörerin
Leopold Esterle as Holzfäller
Karl Etlinger as Ladeninhaber
Liselotte Schaak as Zuhörerin
Eva Krause as Zofe Nanette
Eva Klein-Donath as Zuhörerin
Jack Trevor as American
Georg H. Schnell as American
Carl Söllner
Eduard Gautsch as Mitglied der Geigenbauerzunft
Helmi Mareich as Junges Mädchen
Karl Harbacher
Hans Kratzer as Wirt
Ludwig Schmid-Wildy as Mitglied der Geigenbauerzunft
Karl Körner as Preisrichter
Hadrian Maria Netto as Alte Exzellence
Karl Platen as Diener
Ekkehard Röhrer as Geselle
Rudolf Schündler as Schneidermeister
Richard Ludwig as American
Kate Kühl as Zuhörerin
Kurt Henneberg as Geige für R.Prack

References

^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 374

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
Hake, Sabine. German National Cinema. Routledge, 2002.