# Where the Ancient Forests Rustle

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{{Short description|1956 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Where the Ancient Forests Rustle
| image = Where the Ancient Forests Rustle.jpg
| caption =
| director = Alfons Stummer
| producer =  {{ubl|[Eberhard Meichsner](/source/Eberhard_Meichsner)|[Walter Traut](/source/Walter_Traut)}}
| writer =  {{ubl|Alfons Stummer|[Werner P. Zibaso](/source/Werner_P._Zibaso)}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[Willy Fritsch](/source/Willy_Fritsch)|[Josefin Kipper](/source/Josefin_Kipper)|[Carl Möhner](/source/Carl_M%C3%B6hner)}}
| music = {{ubl|[Marc Roland](/source/Marc_Roland)|[Rolf A. Wilhelm](/source/Rolf_Alexander_Wilhelm)}}
| cinematography = [Herbert Thallmayer](/source/Herbert_Thallmayer) 
| editing =  [Walter Boos](/source/Walter_Boos)    
| studio = Divina-Film 
| distributor = [Gloria Film](/source/Gloria_Film)
| released =  {{Film date|1956|09|14|df=yes}}
| runtime = 89 minutes
| country = West Germany 
| language = [German](/source/German_language) 
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Where the Ancient Forests Rustle''''' ({{langx|de|'''Wo die alten Wälder rauschen'''}}) is a 1956 West German [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by Alfons Stummer and starring [Willy Fritsch](/source/Willy_Fritsch), [Josefin Kipper](/source/Josefin_Kipper) and [Carl Möhner](/source/Carl_M%C3%B6hner). It was one of a large number of [heimatfilm](/source/heimatfilm) pictures made during the decade.<ref>Höbusch p. 74</ref>

The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/art_director) [Gabriel Pellon](/source/Gabriel_Pellon).

==Synopsis==
The widowed owner of a [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg) construction company takes his young son on holiday to the [Austrian Alps](/source/Austrian_Alps), but his obsession with work drives a wedge between them.

==Cast==
{{cast listing|
* [Willy Fritsch](/source/Willy_Fritsch) as Harald Rehm
* [Josefin Kipper](/source/Josefin_Kipper) as Margret Bruhn
* [Carl Möhner](/source/Carl_M%C3%B6hner) as Klaus Baumgartner
* [Armin Dahlen](/source/Armin_Dahlen) as Toni Burgstaller
* [Peter Finkbeiner](/source/Peter_Finkbeiner) as Nils, Rehms Sohn
* Peter Fischer as Loisl
* [Gundula Korte](/source/Gundula_Korte)
* [Maria Hofen](/source/Maria_Hofen)
* [Lotte Rausch](/source/Lotte_Rausch)
* [Gerty Godden](/source/Gerty_Godden) as Barbara Henkel
* [Elfie Pertramer](/source/Elfie_Pertramer) as Vroni, Hausmädchen
* [Herta Staal](/source/Herta_Staal)
* [Michl Lang](/source/Michl_Lang)
* [Franz Fröhlich](/source/Franz_Fr%C3%B6hlich)
* [Til Kiwe](/source/Til_Kiwe) as Eibl, Ingenieur
* [Sepp Rist](/source/Sepp_Rist)
}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* Harald Höbusch. ''"Mountain of Destiny": Nanga Parbat and Its Path Into the German Imagination''. Boydell & Brewer, 2016.

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0049960}}

Category:1956 films
Category:West German films
Category:German drama films
Category:1956 drama films
Category:1956 German-language films
Category:Gloria Film films
Category:Films set in Austria
Category:Films set in the Alps
Category:Films set in forests
Category:1956 German films
Category:Films scored by Rolf Alexander Wilhelm
Category:German-language drama films

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