Peer Gynt (1934 film)

Peer Gynt is a 1934 German drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Hans Albers, Lucie Höflich and Marieluise Claudius.^[1] It is based on the play Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen.

Peer Gynt
Directed by	Fritz Wendhausen
Written by	Richard Billinger Fritz Reck-Malleczewen Josef Stolzing-Czerny
Based on	Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen
Produced by	Guido Bagier Adolf Essek
Starring	Hans Albers Lucie Höflich Marieluise Claudius
Cinematography	Carl Hoffmann
Edited by	Carl Otto Bartning Ella Ensink
Music by	Giuseppe Becce Edvard Grieg
Production company	Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	17 December 1934 (1934-12-17)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

It was one of the most expensive productions made by Bavaria Film and involved location shooting in Norway.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Vollbrecht and Hermann Warm.

Cast

• Hans Albers as Peer Gynt
• Lucie Höflich as Mutter Aase
• Marieluise Claudius as Solveig
• Ellen Frank as Ingrid
• Olga Chekhova as Baronin
• Lizzi Waldmüller as Tatjana
• Zehra Achmed as Anitra
• Richard Ryen as Gunarson
• Hans Schultze as Schmied Aslak
• F. W. Schröder-Schrom as Vater Solveigs
• Leopoldine Sangora a sMutter Solveigs
• Friedrich Kayßler as Kiensley
• Otto Wernicke as Parker
• Fritz Odemar as Silvan
• Alfred Döderlein as Mats Moen
• Mina Höcker-Behrens as Frau Rink
• Philipp Veit as Landstreicher
• Magda Lena as Eine Bäuerin
• Armand Zäpfel as Kapitän
• Willem Holsboer as John Bless
• O. E. Hasse as Steuermann
• Viktor Bell as Diener Ben