Immensee - Ein deutsches Volkslied (1943) DVD-R

Starring Kristina Söderbaum, Carl Raddatz, Paul Klinger, Carola Toelle, Lina Lossen
Directed by Veit Harlan
Language: German with English subtitles
Print: Color
Runtime: 89 min
Genre: Drama

Featuring glorious color photography, Immensee: ein Deutsches Volkslied (Immensee: A German Folksong) is a German film melodrama of the Nazi era, directed in 1943 by Veit Harlan and loosely based on the popular novella Immensee (1849) by Theodor Storm. Elisabeth (Kristina Söderbaum) falls in love with Reinhardt (Carl Raddatz), but he leaves their native village to study music, travel the world and build his career as a composer. His most important compositions are inspired by his love for her, Twelve Songs of Elisabeth and Seerosen (water lilies, the couple's special flower), but after she visits him on the day of his final examination at the conservatoire and finds a strange woman asleep in his bed, Elisabeth marries Erich (Paul Klinger), the wealthy heir to the estate of Immensee. Reinhardt returns to win her back...