The Waitress Anna

{{short description|1941 film}} {{Infobox film | name =The Waitress Anna | image =File:The Waitress Anna.png | caption = | director = [[Peter Paul Brauer]] | producer = [[Viktor von Struwe]] | writer = Peter Paul Brauer <br> [[Friedrich Forster-Burggraf]] | based_on = ''The Waitress Anna'' by Ursula Bloy and [[Wolf Neumeister]] | starring =[[Franziska Kinz]] <br> [[Elfriede Datzig]] <br> [[Hermann Brix]] <br> [[Winnie Markus]] | music = [[Wolfgang Zeller]] | cinematography = [[Jan Roth]] | editing = [[Alexandra Anatra]] | studio = [[Terra Film]] | distributor =Terra Film | released ={{film date|1941|10|22|df=y}} | runtime = 99 minutes | country = Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Waitress Anna''''' (German: '''''Die Kellnerin Anna''''') is a 1941 German [[drama film]] directed by [[Peter Paul Brauer]] and starring [[Franziska Kinz]], [[Elfriede Datzig]], [[Hermann Brix]] and [[Winnie Markus]].<ref>Heins p.209</ref><ref>Klaus p.223</ref> It was shot at the [[Hostivar Studios]] in [[Prague]] and [[location shooting|on location]] around [[Salzburg]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Gustav A. Knauer]] and [[Artur Schwarz]].<ref>https://www.filmportal.de/film/die-kellnerin-anna_c14e061925454ed8b7202236ea27d5d5</ref>

==Synopsis== Against his father's wishes Stefan heads to [[Salzburg]] to study at the [[Mozarteum University Salzburg|Conservatory]] on a [[scholarship]] there, which his girlfriend Veronika also attends. He lives a carefree life of enjoyment, but is taken under her wing by Anna a slightly older [[waitress]] who works in a bare frequented by the musicians. Eventually she goes to effect a reconciliation with Stefan's father on the boy's behalf, revealing in the process that she is his mother from a fling long-ago. She eventually persuades him to give his blessing to his son's career in music.

==Cast== * [[Franziska Kinz]] as Anna Rottner * [[Elfriede Datzig]] as Veronika * [[Hermann Brix]] as Stefan * [[Winnie Markus]] as Marina * [[Theodor Danegger]] as Orgelbauer * [[Paul Dahlke (actor)|Paul Dahlke]] as Malwoda * [[Hans Olden]] as Styr, Bildhauer * [[Gustav Waldau]] as Gschwendtner * [[Otto Wernicke]] as Ludwig Burgstaller * [[Fritzi Eckemer]] as Franzi * [[Maria Loja]] as Frau Schmidt * [[Maria Seidler]] as Frau Kruse * [[Wilma Tatzel]] as Rosl, Modell * [[Elsa Wagner]] as Mathilde Noack * [[Martha Ziegler]] as Angerle * [[Vera Complojer]] as Kellnerin Sophie * [[Walter Janssen]] as Prof. Georgi * [[Eduard Bornträger]] as Prokurist Poinetsberger * [[Karl Günther]] as Stadtbaurat Stirner * [[Bruno Hübner]] as Angestellter im Altersheim

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Heins, Laura. ''Nazi Film Melodrama''. University of Illinois Press, 2013. * Klaus, Ulrich J. ''Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1940''. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0130809}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Waitress Anna}} [[Category:1941 films]] [[Category:Films of Nazi Germany]] [[Category:German drama films]] [[Category:1941 drama films]] [[Category:1941 German-language films]] [[Category:Films directed by Peter Paul Brauer]] [[Category:1941 German films]] [[Category:German black-and-white films]] [[Category:Films shot at Hostivař Studios]] [[Category:Terra Film films]] [[Category:Films shot in Austria]] [[Category:Films set in Salzburg]]