# Midsummer Night's Fire

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{{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](/source/Arthur_Maria_Rabenalt)
|producer =  Ernst Günter Techow
|based_on = {{based on|''[Fires of St. John](/source/Fires_of_St._John)''|[Hermann Sudermann](/source/Hermann_Sudermann)}}
|screenplay = [Alf Teichs](/source/Alf_Teichs)<br>[Kurt Heuser](/source/Kurt_Heuser)
|starring = [Anna Dammann](/source/Anna_Dammann)<br>[Ernst von Klipstein](/source/Ernst_von_Klipstein)<br>[Gertrud Meyen](/source/Gertrud_Meyen)
|music = [Herbert Windt](/source/Herbert_Windt)  
|cinematography = [Willy Winterstein](/source/Willy_Winterstein)
|editing = [Alice Ludwig](/source/Alice_Ludwig)
|studio = [Terra Film](/source/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](/source/drama_film) directed by [Arthur Maria Rabenalt](/source/Arthur_Maria_Rabenalt) and starring [Anna Dammann](/source/Anna_Dammann), [Ernst von Klipstein](/source/Ernst_von_Klipstein), and [Gertrud Meyen](/source/Gertrud_Meyen).<ref>{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Alan|title=Film and Nationalism|publisher=[Rutgers University Press](/source/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](/source/Fires_of_St._John)'' by [Hermann Sudermann](/source/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](/source/Saint_John's_Eve).

The film's [art direction](/source/art_direction) was by {{ill|Carl Böhm (art director)|de|3=Carl Böhm (Filmarchitekt)|lt=Carl Böhm}} and [Erich Czerwonski](/source/Erich_Czerwonski). [Location shooting](/source/Location_shooting) took place in [Prenzlau](/source/Prenzlau) and around [Masuria](/source/Masuria) in [East Prussia](/source/East_Prussia). It was remade in 1954 as ''[Love is Forever](/source/Love_is_Forever_(1954_film))''.

==Plot==
After many years in [Africa](/source/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](/source/Anna_Dammann) as Marikke
*[Ernst von Klipstein](/source/Ernst_von_Klipstein) as Georg
*[Gertrud Meyen](/source/Gertrud_Meyen) as Trude Vogelreuter
*[Hans Brausewetter](/source/Hans_Brausewetter) as Haffke
*[Otto Wernicke](/source/Otto_Wernicke) as Vogelreuter
*[Maria Koppenhöfer](/source/Maria_Koppenh%C3%B6fer) as Weszkalnene
*[Erich Dunskus](/source/Erich_Dunskus) as Plötz
*[Charlott Daudert](/source/Charlott_Daudert) as Elise
*Jeanette Bethge as Mamsell
*Lilo Bergen
*[Erich Ziegel](/source/Erich_Ziegel) as Magerdick
*[Änne Bruck](/source/%C3%84nne_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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