Youth

Story

Synopsis

Germany, 1890: Having just gotten his high-school diploma, Hans leaves for Heidelberg to begin his university studies. But first, he wants to visit his uncle, Pastor Hoppe, in the small village of Rosenau. It's here that he again meets his cousin and childhood friend Annie. Annie is the illegitimate child of Pastor Hoppe's sister, who's left the upbringing of her offspring to the man-of-the-cloth. Conservative chaplain Schigorski continually tries to convince Annie to join the nearby cloister and thus "atone" for the sins of her mother. And it's getting more difficult for the fun-loving girl to escape the chaplain's harrassment. When Hans arrives, old feelings of lust come back to the surface.

Director

Veit Harlan

Writers

Thea von Harbou, Max Halbe

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

11 April 1938

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Kristina Söderbaum

  Ännchen

• 

  Eugen Klöpfer

  Pfarrer Hoppe

• 

  Werner Hinz

  Kaplan von Schigorski

• 

  Elisabeth Flickenschildt

  Maruschka

• 

  Ernst Behmer

  Kutscher

• Otto Sauter-Sarto

  Fischer Ostrowski

• Berta Reschke

  Frau Ostrowski

• 

  Gisela von Collande

  Frau Nowosowska