# The Eternal Spring > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Eternal_Spring > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Eternal_Spring.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eternal_Spring > Source revision: 1341585783 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1940 film The Eternal Spring Directed by Fritz Kirchhoff Written by Hans Joachim Beyer Johannes Linke (novel) Felix Lützkendorf Produced by Ottmar Ostermayr Starring Eugen Klöpfer Bernhard Minetti Lina Carstens Cinematography Josef Illig Franz Koch Edited by Gottlieb Madl Music by Anton Profes Production company Bavaria Film Distributed by Bavaria Film Release date 19 January 1940 (1940-01-19) Running time 87 minutes Country Germany Language German ***The Eternal Spring*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Der ewige Quell***) is a 1940 German [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Fritz Kirchhoff](/source/Fritz_Kirchhoff) and starring [Eugen Klöpfer](/source/Eugen_Kl%C3%B6pfer), [Bernhard Minetti](/source/Bernhard_Minetti) and [Lina Carstens](/source/Lina_Carstens). It is part of the tradition of [Heimatfilm](/source/Heimatfilm).[1] It was shot at the [Bavaria Studios](/source/Bavaria_Studios) in [Munich](/source/Munich). The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Ludwig Reiber](/source/Ludwig_Reiber) and [Rudolf Pfenninger](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rudolf_Pfenninger&action=edit&redlink=1). ## Cast - [Eugen Klöpfer](/source/Eugen_Kl%C3%B6pfer) as Lohhofbauer - [Bernhard Minetti](/source/Bernhard_Minetti) as Wolfgang Lusinger - [Lina Carstens](/source/Lina_Carstens) as Lohhofbäuerin - [Käte Merk](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K%C3%A4te_Merk&action=edit&redlink=1) as Maria - [Alexander Trojan](/source/Alexander_Trojan) as Hannes - [Hannes Keppler](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hannes_Keppler&action=edit&redlink=1) as Ludwig - [Albert Hörrmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert_H%C3%B6rrmann&action=edit&redlink=1) as Dr. Iwan Wollinsky - [Carl Wery](/source/Carl_Wery) as Sprecher der Bauern - [Georg Vogelsang](/source/Georg_Vogelsang) as Großknecht - [Luis Rainer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luis_Rainer&action=edit&redlink=1) as Alter Lusinger - [Elise Aulinger](/source/Elise_Aulinger) as Moosbäuerin - [Fritz Reiff](/source/Fritz_Reiff) as Richter - [Otto Fassler](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Otto_Fassler&action=edit&redlink=1) as 1. Herr der Regierungs-Kommission - [Julius Königsheim](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julius_K%C3%B6nigsheim&action=edit&redlink=1) as Knecht Toni - [Ludwig Schmid-Wildy](/source/Ludwig_Schmid-Wildy) as Wirt - [Charles Willy Kayser](/source/Charles_Willy_Kayser) as 2. Her der Regierungs-Kommission - [Heinz Burkart](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heinz_Burkart&action=edit&redlink=1) as Juwelier - [Heinrich Hauser](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heinrich_Hauser_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Hauser_(Schauspieler))] as Goldschmied - [Eugen Schöndorfer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eugen_Sch%C3%B6ndorfer&action=edit&redlink=1) as Beamter - [Julius Frey](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julius_Frey_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as Metzger - [Hans Hanauer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hans_Hanauer&action=edit&redlink=1) as Bauer - [Erich Teibler](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erich_Teibler&action=edit&redlink=1) as Bub - [Georg Holl](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georg_Holl&action=edit&redlink=1) as Gendarm - [Fritz Wagner](/source/Fritz_Wagner_(actor)) as 2. Knecht - [Else Sensburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Else_Sensburg&action=edit&redlink=1) as Großmagd - [Willimarie Knoll](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Willimarie_Knoll&action=edit&redlink=1) as Jungmagd - [Konrad Feldmaier](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Konrad_Feldmaier&action=edit&redlink=1) as 1. Knecht ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Hake p. 91 ## Bibliography - Hake, Sabine (2002). *German National Cinema*. Routledge. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-415-08901-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-08901-2). ## External links - [*The Eternal Spring*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132132/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) This article related to a German film of the 1940s is a stub. 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