# The Waitress Anna > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Waitress_Anna > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Waitress_Anna.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waitress_Anna > Source revision: 1350601412 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1941 film The Waitress Anna Directed by Peter Paul Brauer Written by Peter Paul Brauer Friedrich Forster-Burggraf Based on The Waitress Anna by Ursula Bloy and Wolf Neumeister Produced by Viktor von Struwe Starring Franziska Kinz Elfriede Datzig Hermann Brix Winnie Markus Cinematography Jan Roth Edited by Alexandra Anatra Music by Wolfgang Zeller Production company Terra Film Distributed by Terra Film Release date 22 October 1941 (1941-10-22) Running time 99 minutes Country Germany Language German ***The Waitress Anna*** (German: ***Die Kellnerin Anna***) is a 1941 German [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Peter Paul Brauer](/source/Peter_Paul_Brauer) and starring [Franziska Kinz](/source/Franziska_Kinz), [Elfriede Datzig](/source/Elfriede_Datzig), [Hermann Brix](/source/Hermann_Brix) and [Winnie Markus](/source/Winnie_Markus).[1][2] It was shot at the [Hostivar Studios](/source/Hostivar_Studios) in [Prague](/source/Prague) and [on location](/source/Location_shooting) around [Salzburg](/source/Salzburg). The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Gustav A. Knauer](/source/Gustav_A._Knauer) and [Artur Schwarz](/source/Artur_Schwarz).[3] ## Synopsis Against his father's wishes Stefan heads to [Salzburg](/source/Salzburg) to study at the [Conservatory](/source/Mozarteum_University_Salzburg) on a [scholarship](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Franziska_Kinz) as Anna Rottner - [Elfriede Datzig](/source/Elfriede_Datzig) as Veronika - [Hermann Brix](/source/Hermann_Brix) as Stefan - [Winnie Markus](/source/Winnie_Markus) as Marina - [Theodor Danegger](/source/Theodor_Danegger) as Orgelbauer - [Paul Dahlke](/source/Paul_Dahlke_(actor)) as Malwoda - [Hans Olden](/source/Hans_Olden) as Styr, Bildhauer - [Gustav Waldau](/source/Gustav_Waldau) as Gschwendtner - [Otto Wernicke](/source/Otto_Wernicke) as Ludwig Burgstaller - [Fritzi Eckemer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fritzi_Eckemer&action=edit&redlink=1) as Franzi - [Maria Loja](/source/Maria_Loja) as Frau Schmidt - [Maria Seidler](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maria_Seidler&action=edit&redlink=1) as Frau Kruse - [Wilma Tatzel](/source/Wilma_Tatzel) as Rosl, Modell - [Elsa Wagner](/source/Elsa_Wagner) as Mathilde Noack - [Martha Ziegler](/source/Martha_Ziegler) as Angerle - [Vera Complojer](/source/Vera_Complojer) as Kellnerin Sophie - [Walter Janssen](/source/Walter_Janssen) as Prof. Georgi - [Eduard Bornträger](/source/Eduard_Borntr%C3%A4ger) as Prokurist Poinetsberger - [Karl Günther](/source/Karl_G%C3%BCnther) as Stadtbaurat Stirner - [Bruno Hübner](/source/Bruno_H%C3%BCbner) as Angestellter im Altersheim ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Heins p.209 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Klaus p.223 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [https://www.filmportal.de/film/die-kellnerin-anna_c14e061925454ed8b7202236ea27d5d5](https://www.filmportal.de/film/die-kellnerin-anna_c14e061925454ed8b7202236ea27d5d5) ## Bibliography - Heins, Laura. *Nazi Film Melodrama*. University of Illinois Press, 2013. - Klaus, Ulrich J. *Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1940*. Klaus-Archiv, 1988. ## External links - [*The Waitress Anna*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130809/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Peter Paul Brauer The Girl of Last Night (1938) What Now, Sibylle? (1938) The Waitress Anna (1941) The Swedish Nightingale (1941) His Son (1942) The Old Boss (1942) Heaven, We Inherit a Castle (1943) It Began at Midnight (1951) This article related to a German film of the 1940s is a stub. 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