# The Eternal Tone

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1943 film

The Eternal Tone Directed by Günther Rittau Written by Artur A. Kuhnert Günther Rittau Produced by Ernst Günter Techow Starring Elfriede Datzig Rudolf Prack Olga Chekhova Cinematography Willi Kuhle Edited by Alice Ludwig Music by Franz Grothe Production company Terra Film Distributed by Deutsche Filmvertriebs Release date 15 July 1943 (1943-07-15) Running time 87 minutes Country Germany Language German

***The Eternal Tone*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Der ewige Klang***) is a 1943 German [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Günther Rittau](/source/G%C3%BCnther_Rittau) and starring [Elfriede Datzig](/source/Elfriede_Datzig), [Rudolf Prack](/source/Rudolf_Prack) and [Olga Chekhova](/source/Olga_Chekhova).[1]

It was shot at the [Babelsberg](/source/Babelsberg_Studios) and [Tempelhof Studios](/source/Tempelhof_Studios) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin) and [on location](/source/Location_filming) in [Kitzbühel](/source/Kitzb%C3%BChel) in [Tyrol](/source/Tyrol_(state)). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Artur Günther](/source/Artur_G%C3%BCnther).

## Cast

- [Elfriede Datzig](/source/Elfriede_Datzig) as Therese

- [Rudolf Prack](/source/Rudolf_Prack) as Berthold Buchner

- [Olga Chekhova](/source/Olga_Chekhova) as Josephine Malti, Singer

- [Wilhelm Borchert](/source/Wilhelm_Borchert) as Matthias Buchner

- [O.E. Hasse](/source/O.E._Hasse) as Impresario Grundmann

- [Georges Boulanger](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georges_Boulanger_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as Mit sein Ensemble

- [Hans Dengel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hans_Dengel&action=edit&redlink=1) as Holzfäller

- [Georg Vogelsang](/source/Georg_Vogelsang) as Florian

- [Olga Engl](/source/Olga_Engl) as Zuhörerin

- [Leopold Esterle](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leopold_Esterle&action=edit&redlink=1) as Holzfäller

- [Karl Etlinger](/source/Karl_Etlinger) as Ladeninhaber

- [Liselotte Schaak](/source/Liselotte_Schaak) as Zuhörerin

- [Eva Krause](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eva_Krause&action=edit&redlink=1) as Zofe Nanette

- [Eva Klein-Donath](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eva_Klein-Donath&action=edit&redlink=1) as Zuhörerin

- [Jack Trevor](/source/Jack_Trevor) as American

- [Georg H. Schnell](/source/Georg_H._Schnell) as American

- [Carl Söllner](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl_S%C3%B6llner&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Eduard Gautsch](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eduard_Gautsch&action=edit&redlink=1) as Mitglied der Geigenbauerzunft

- [Helmi Mareich](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helmi_Mareich&action=edit&redlink=1) as Junges Mädchen

- [Karl Harbacher](/source/Karl_Harbacher)

- [Hans Kratzer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hans_Kratzer&action=edit&redlink=1) as Wirt

- [Ludwig Schmid-Wildy](/source/Ludwig_Schmid-Wildy) as Mitglied der Geigenbauerzunft

- [Karl Körner](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_K%C3%B6rner_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as Preisrichter

- [Hadrian Maria Netto](/source/Hadrian_Maria_Netto) as Alte Exzellence

- [Karl Platen](/source/Karl_Platen) as Diener

- [Ekkehard Röhrer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ekkehard_R%C3%B6hrer&action=edit&redlink=1) as Geselle

- [Rudolf Schündler](/source/Rudolf_Sch%C3%BCndler) as Schneidermeister

- [Richard Ludwig](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Ludwig_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as American

- [Kate Kühl](/source/Kate_K%C3%BChl) as Zuhörerin

- [Kurt Henneberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kurt_Henneberg&action=edit&redlink=1) as Geige für R.Prack

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bock & Bergfelder p. 374

## Bibliography

- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. *The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema*. Berghahn Books, 2009.

- Hake, Sabine. *German National Cinema*. Routledge, 2002.

## External links

- [*The Eternal Tone*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035848/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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