Dear Homeland Explained

Dear Homeland (German: Teure Heimat) is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Carl Wilhelm and starring Renate Müller, Jakob Tiedtke and Hans Albers. The film's art direction was by Max Heilbronner. A German mechanic considers emigrating to the United States, but changes his mind when he falls in love with a local woman.^[1]

Cast

• Renate Müller as Gretchen Jürgen
• Jakob Tiedtke as Großvater von Gretchen
• Hans Albers as Verbrecher / Chefingenieur Orginsky?
• Hans Brausewetter as Karl Alder
• Annemarie Steinsieck
  • Fritz Schulz Bruno Ziener
    • • • Paul Westermeier Henry Bender Hugo Werner-Kahle Lotte Werkmeister Else Reval as Zimmervermieterin
• Iwa Wanja

Bibliography

• Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.

Notes and References

1. Prawer p.87