Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof

Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof is a 1955 Austrian Heimatfilm based on a Ludwig Anzengruber's play Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld and directed by Alfred Lehner.^[1][2]

Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof
Directed by	Alfred Lehner
Screenplay by	Rudolf Staudinger Kurt Eigl
Based on	Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld by Ludwig Anzengruber.
Produced by	Erwin C. Dietrich Hans Engel
Starring	Waltraut Haas Erich Auer Franziska Kinz Attila Hörbiger Helene Thimig Walter Ladengast Karl Ehmann
Music by	J. Felsner-Bode
Release date	29 September 1955 (1955-09-29)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

The film lacks the more controversial themes of the play, such as criticism of celibacy^[3] and of the attitude of the Church to suicide and divorce;^[4] instead, it takes a more positive outlook,^[5] which is characteristic of the Heimatfilme of the period.

A rival West German film version of Anzengruber's play was released two months before Das Mädchen vom Pfarrhof.

Synopsis

Annerl, a beautiful and recently orphaned girl, comes to stay with the young parish priest, Hell, and his housekeeper, Brigitte. Soon, Annerl and the priest find themselves becoming the target of rumors, fuelled by a local named Sepp who is bitter at the Church; this places the priest in a difficult position, and makes Annerl's suitor Michel jealous.

Cast

• Waltraut Haas as Annerl
• Erich Auer as Fr. Hell
• Franziska Kinz as Brigitte
• Attila Hörbiger as Herr von Finsterberg
• Helene Thimig as Gerberleni, Sepp's mother
• Walter Ladengast as Sepp
• Karl Ehmann as the other priest
• Albert Rueprecht as Michel Berndorfer