On Resonant Shores

On Resonant Shores (German: An klingenden Ufern) is a 1948 Austrian drama film directed by Hans Unterkircher and starring Marianne Schönauer, Curd Jürgens and Otto Tressler.[1] The screenplay was by Alexander Lernet-Holenia who also wrote a novella based on the story. It was shot on location in the Austrian state of Carinthia including at Gurk Cathedral and around Lake Ossiach. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst Rampak. It was praised by Austrian film critics.[2]

On Resonant Shores
Directed byHans Unterkircher
Produced byHans Unterkircher
Written byAlexander Lernet-Holenia
StarringMarianne Schönauer
Curd Jürgens
Otto Tressler
Music byTheodor Berger
CinematographyHannes Staudinger
Edited byRosemarie Foltin
Production
company
Violantha
Distributed bySascha-Film
Release date
2 September 1949
Running time
89 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

During the Second World War Maria Burg working as an auxiliary nurse meets a soldier in hospital, Stefan, who in civilian life was a painter. They fall in love but he is called away to the Eastern Front where is reported killed. A distraught Maria is then courted by and marries Alex, a composer, and settles with him in the Carinthian countryside.

When, unexpectedly, Stefan returns from the war alive he finds Maria no longer living in her old home, now a bombed-out house. By chance he is commissioned to do a religious painting of Saint Catherine for a monastery in Carinthia. He meets Maria again, after she is recommended to him as a model for the religious icon. However, there is not possibility of resuming their relationship because of her marriage to Alexander, who is in ill health due to his morphine addiction.

However, when Alexander dies Stefan and Maria are finally able to unite as a couple.

Cast
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References
  1. Von Dassanowsky p.129
  2. Von Dassanowsky p.129

Bibliography
  • Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.
  • Von Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.


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