Anna and Elisabeth

Movie
Original title	Anna and Elisabeth
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1933
Rod
Director	Frank Wisbar
script	Gina Fink , Frank Wisbar
production	Frank Wisbar, Hermann Ephraim
music	Paul Dessau
camera	Franz Weihmayr
cut	Alice Ludwig
occupation
Dorothea Wieck as Elisabeth, landlady of Salis Hertha Thiele as Anna, farm girl Mathias Wieman as Mathias Testa Maria Wanck as Margarete, Elisabeth's sister Carl Balhaus as Martin Willy Kaiser-Heyl as pastor Roma Railway as Mary Lane Dorothea Thiess as Anna's mother Carl Wery as Anna's father Karl Platen as a village doctor Robert Eckert as a neighbor Margarete Kestra as Helena Doris Thalmer as Nena Sybil Smolova as torticollis

Anna and Elisabeth is a German film drama from 1933 with the main actors Dorothea Wieck , Hertha Thiele and Mathias Wieman . The film brought Wieck and Thiele back to the screen together, who had already shot girls in uniform two years earlier.

Summary

Elisabeth, a wealthy young aristocrat who sits in a wheelchair, hears about the young peasant girl Anna, who is apparently able to work miracles. She makes Anna live with her and appears cured because she believes in Anna's healing powers. An attempt to publicly prove Anna's healing powers fails. Desperate, Elisabeth throws herself off a cliff and Anna returns to her simple village life.

Reactions

After the US edition came out, the film was featured in the New York Times . Wieck's acting performance was highly praised. Thiele's portrayed as less impressive.

Because of this film, the director Frank Wisbar came into conflict with cultural functionaries of the National Socialists , as this film allegedly offended the “ healthy public feeling ”.

Web links

• Anna and Elisabeth at filmportal.de
• Anna and Elisabeth in the Internet Movie Database (English)