Spring Awakening (1929 film)

"Frühlingserwachen" redirects here. For the 1945 German offensive in Hungary, see Operation Spring Awakening.

Spring Awakening (German: Frühlingserwachen) is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Mathilde Sussin, Toni van Eyck and Paul Henckels. It is an adaptation of the play of the same title by Frank Wedekind.^[1] It is part of the cycle of Enlightenment films made during the Weimar era.^[2] The film is centered on Melchior, a rebellious teenager, his friend Moritz, and his childhood friend and love interest Wendla.^[3]

Spring Awakening
Directed by	Richard Oswald
Screenplay by	Friedrich Raff Herbert Rosenfeld
Based on	Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind
Produced by	Liddy Hegewald Richard Oswald
Starring	Mathilde Sussin Toni van Eyck Paul Henckels Carl Balhaus
Cinematography	Eduard Hoesch
Music by	Walter Ulfig
Production companies	Hegewald Film Richard Oswald-Film
Distributed by	Hegewald Film
Release date	14 November 1929 (1929-11-14)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Cast

• Mathilde Sussin as Frau Bergmann
• Toni van Eyck as Wendla, her daughter
• Paul Henckels as Bürovorsteher Stiefel
• Carl Balhaus as Moritz, his son
• Rolf von Goth as Melchior Gabor
• Ita Rina as Ilse
• Willy Clever as the painter Fahrendorf
• Valy Arnheim as the rector
• Fritz Rasp as the teacher Habebald
• Bernhard Goetzke as another teacher
• Sigi Hofer as Pedell

See also

• Spring Awakening (1924)