Hannele's Journey to Heaven

Hannele's Journey to Heaven (German: Hanneles Himmelfahrt) is a 1922 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Margarete Schlegel, Margarete Schön and Hermann Vallentin.^[1] The film is based on the play, The Assumption of Hannele by German author Gerhart Hauptmann. It was remade as a sound film in 1934.

Hannele's Journey to Heaven
German	Hanneles Himmelfahrt
Directed by	Urban Gad
Written by	Gerhart Hauptmann (play) Willy Rath
Starring	Margarete Schlegel Margarete Schön Hermann Vallentin
Cinematography	Karl Hasselmann
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	10 April 1922 (1922-04-10)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Plot

It is set in a small mountain village and tells the story of Hannele, an unhappy girl who is beaten by her stepfather and tries to commit suicide.

Cast

• Margarete Schlegel as Hannele Mattern
• Margarete Schön as Johanna, Hannele's mother
• Hermann Vallentin as Mattern
• Theodor Loos as Teacher Gottwald
• Ernst Dernburg as Berger
• Hermine Sterler as Frau Berger
• Esther Hagan as Martha
• Fritz Richard as Heiber
• Walter Rilla as Angel of Death
• Hugo Döblin as Schmidt
• Emil Heyse as Dr. Wachler
• Maria Forescu
• Klaus Pohl