Call of the Forest (1965 film)

For the 1949 film, see Call of the Forest (1949 film).

Call of the Forest (German: Ruf der Wälder) is a 1965 Austrian drama film directed by Franz Antel and starring Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Terence Hill and Gerhard Riedmann.^[1] It is part of the popular tradition of heimatfilm.

Call of the Forest
Directed by	Franz Antel
Written by	Kurt Nachmann Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (novel Krambambuli)
Produced by	Carl Szokoll
Starring	Hans-Jürgen Bäumler Terence Hill Gerhard Riedmann
Cinematography	Siegfried Hold
Edited by	Hermine Diethelm
Music by	Johannes Fehring
Production company	Neue Delta Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Nora-Filmverleih
Release date	1 October 1965 (1965-10-01)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

It was made at the Sievering Studios in Vienna and on location in the Alpine resort of Kaprun. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Pischinger.

Cast

• Hans-Jürgen Bäumler as Bernd Helwig (dubbed by Klaus Kindler)^[2]
• Terence Hill as Marcello Scalzi
• Gerhard Riedmann as Mathias
• Johanna Matz as Angelika Hirt
• Paul Hörbiger as Gustl Wegrainer
• Rudolf Prack as Ingenieur Prachner
• Ellen Farner as Petra
• Rolf Olsen as Kubesch
• Judith Dornys as Tina
• Franz Muxeneder as Pepi Nindl
• Raoul Retzer as Zingerl
• Eva Kinsky as Lucie
• Erich Padalewski as Felix
• Elisabeth Stiepl as Hofrätin