The Waitress Anna

The Waitress Anna
Directed byPeter Paul Brauer
Written byPeter Paul Brauer
Friedrich Forster-Burggraf
Based onThe Waitress Anna by Ursula Bloy and Wolf Neumeister
Produced byViktor von Struwe
StarringFranziska Kinz
Elfriede Datzig
Hermann Brix
Winnie Markus
CinematographyJan Roth
Edited byAlexandra Anatra
Music byWolfgang Zeller
Production
company
Distributed byTerra Film
Release date
  • 22 October 1941 (1941-10-22)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Waitress Anna (German: Die Kellnerin Anna) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Peter Paul Brauer and starring Franziska Kinz, Elfriede Datzig, Hermann Brix and Winnie Markus.[1] [2] It was shot at the Hostivar Studios in Prague and on location around Salzburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Artur Schwarz.[3]

Synopsis

Against his father's wishes Stefan heads to Salzburg to study at the Conservatory on a scholarship there, which his girlfriend Veronika also attends. He lives a carefree life of enjoyment, but is taken under her wing by Anna a slightly older waitress who works in a bare frequented by the musicians. Eventually she goes to effect a reconciliation with Stefan's father on the boy's behalf, revealing in the process that she is his mother from a fling long-ago. She eventually persuades him to give his blessing to his son's career in music.

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References

Bibliography

  • Heins, Laura. Nazi Film Melodrama. University of Illinois Press, 2013.
  • Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1940. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
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