{{Short description|1939 film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox film |name = Midsummer Night's Fire |image = Midsummer Night's Fire.jpg |caption = German film poster |native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Johannisfeuer}} |director = Arthur Maria Rabenalt |producer = Ernst Günter Techow |based_on = {{based on|''Fires of St. John''|Hermann Sudermann}} |screenplay = Alf Teichs<br>Kurt Heuser |starring = Anna Dammann<br>Ernst von Klipstein<br>Gertrud Meyen |music = Herbert Windt |cinematography = Willy Winterstein |editing = Alice Ludwig |studio = Terra Film |distributor = Terra Film |released = {{film date|1939|11|3|df=y}} |runtime = 83 minutes |country = Germany |language = German }} '''''Midsummer Night's Fire''''' or '''''St. John's Fire''''' ({{langx|de|'''Johannisfeuer'''}}) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Anna Dammann, Ernst von Klipstein, and Gertrud Meyen.<ref>{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Alan|title=Film and Nationalism|publisher=Rutgers University Press|year=2002|location=New Brunswick, NJ|page=150|isbn=0813530407}}</ref> The film is based on the play ''Fires of St. John'' by Hermann Sudermann.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rentschler |first=Eric |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/German_Film_Literature/YftXAQAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=rabenalt+johannisfeuer&pg=PA344&printsec=frontcover |title=German Film & Literature |date=2013-10-15 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-36873-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Schönfeld |first=Christiane |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/The_History_of_German_Literature_on_Film/PzS_EAAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=rabenalt+johannisfeuer&pg=PA409&printsec=frontcover |title=The History of German Literature on Film |date=2023-06-15 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-62892-375-9 |language=en}}</ref> The title refers to Saint John's Eve.
The film's art direction was by {{ill|Carl Böhm (art director)|de|3=Carl Böhm (Filmarchitekt)|lt=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''.
==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.
==Cast== {{Cast listing| *Anna Dammann as Marikke *Ernst von Klipstein as Georg *Gertrud Meyen as Trude Vogelreuter *Hans Brausewetter as Haffke *Otto Wernicke as Vogelreuter *Maria Koppenhöfer as Weszkalnene *Erich Dunskus as Plötz *Charlott Daudert as Elise *Jeanette Bethge as Mamsell *Lilo Bergen *Erich Ziegel as Magerdick *Änne Bruck *Kurt Dreml *Christine Grossmann *Herbert Klatt *Armin Münch *Hellmuth Passarge *Heinz Rippert *Annemarie Schäfer *Willi Schwarz *Theodor Vogeler *Constanze von Eyck *Karin Mairlechner *Ruth von Enckevort }}
== Production == Certain scenes<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schönfeld |first=Christiane |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/The_History_of_German_Literature_on_Film/PzS_EAAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=rabenalt+johannisfeuer&pg=PA409&printsec=frontcover |title=The History of German Literature on Film |date=2023-06-15 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-62892-375-9 |language=en}}</ref> judged too "paganistic" by censors of the time in Nazi Germany were cut from the film.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Jeune_cin%C3%A9ma/FcoEAQAAIAAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=rabenalt+johannisfeuer&dq=rabenalt+johannisfeuer&printsec=frontcover |title=Jeune cinéma |date=1988 |publisher=Fédération Jean Vigo |language=fr}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0247442}}
{{Arthur Maria Rabenalt}}
Category:Films of Nazi Germany Category:German drama films Category:1939 drama films Category:Films based on works by Hermann Sudermann Category:Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt Category:Terra Film films Category:German black-and-white films Category:1939 German films Category:1939 German-language films Category:Films scored by Herbert Windt Category:German-language drama films
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