Midsummer Night's Fire (1939)
1h 23m
Running Time
November 3, 1939Release Date
Midsummer Night's Fire (1939)
1h 23m
Running Time
November 3, 1939Release Date
Plot.
After many years in Africa, a man returns to his village in East Prussia to marry his intended bride. However, he finds himself drawn to another girl and contemplates running away with her.
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Cast & Crew.

Ernst von Klipstein
Georg

Hans Brausewetter
Haffke

Otto Wernicke
Vogelreuter

Maria Koppenhöfer
Weszkalnene

Charlott Daudert
Elise

Jeanette Bethge
Mamsell

Anna Dammann
Marike

Gertrud Meyen
Trude Vogelreuter

Erich Dunskus
Plötz

Lilo Bergen

Erich Ziegel
Magerdick

Alf Teichs
Writer

Karl Böhm
ProductionDesigner

Erich Czerwonski
ProductionDesigner

Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Director

Hermann Sudermann
Theatre Play

Kurt Heuser
Writer

Alice Ludwig
Editor

Willy Winterstein
Director of Photography

Ernst Günter Techow
Line Producer

Herbert Windt
Music

Annemarie Schäfer

William Fung-Schwarz

Karin Mairlechner

Ruth von Enckevort

Constanze von Eyck

Theodor Vogeler

Heinz Rippert

Hellmuth Passarge

Armin Münch

Herbert Klatt

Christine Grossmann

Kurt Dreml

Änne Bruck
Details.
Release DateNovember 3, 1939
Original NameJohannisfeuer
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
infidelity
sacrifice
lovers
rural setting
paganism
wedding
racial stereotype
nazi propaganda
Wiki.
Midsummer Night's Fire or St. John's Fire (German: Johannisfeuer) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Anna Dammann, Ernst von Klipstein, and Gertrud Meyen. The film is based on the play Fires of St. John by Hermann Sudermann. The title refers to Saint John's Eve.
The film's art direction was by Carl Böhm and Erich Czerwonski. Location shooting took place in Prenzlau and around Masuria in East Prussia. It was remade in 1954 as Love is Forever.