Front Theatre

Front Theatre (German: Fronttheater) is a 1942 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Heli Finkenzeller, René Deltgen and Lothar Firmans.^[1]

Front Theatre
German film poster
German	Fronttheater
Directed by	Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Written by	George Hurdalek Hans Fritz Köllner Werner Plücker Werner Scharf
Produced by	Otto Lehmann
Starring	Heli Finkenzeller René Deltgen Lothar Firmans
Cinematography	Oskar Schnirch
Edited by	Helmuth Schönnenbeck
Music by	Werner Bochmann
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date	4 September 1942 (1942-09-04)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and the Cinetone Studios in Amsterdam. Location shooting took place in occupied Bordeaux and Greece. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Carlo Böhm and Willi Herrmann.

Plot

A woman gives up her successful acting career to support her doctor husband. Later she takes part in entertainment for German forces during the Second World War.

Cast

• Heli Finkenzeller as Lena Meinhardt-Andres
• René Deltgen as Dr. Paul Meinhardt
• Lothar Firmans as Langhammer, director
• Wilhelm Strienz as chamber singer Herrmann
• Hedi Höpfner [de] as Hilde Keller
• Margot Höpfner [de] as Monika Keller
• Willi Rose as Alwin Sommer
• Rudolf Schündler as Walter Hülsen
• Bruni Löbel as Gerda Hoffmann
• Hilde von Stolz as Edith Reiß
• Gerhard Dammann as Pietsch
• Adolf Fischer as Otto Zielke
• Armin Münch [de] as Kummer
• Ernö René as Bosco
• Alice Treff as Beamtin beim Arbeitsamt
• Elsa Wagner as Alte Schauspielerin
• Hermann Pfeiffer as Reiseleiter einer Künstlertruppe
• Ernst Karchow as Dr. Gall
• Heinz Ruhmann as himself