--- id: f0e23109-3007-4e45-aaba-337c3d696fd2 title: The Girl from Flanders (1956 Film) abstract: "The Girl from Flanders is a 1956 West German romantic drama film directed\ \ by Helmut K\xE4utner. It stars Nicole Berger, Maximilian Schell, and Viktor de\ \ Kowa, and is based on the novel Engele von L\xF6wen by Carl Zuckmayer. The film\ \ was produced by Capitol Film and features location shooting in Flanders." classification: primary: '791.43' secondary: - 791.436.2 - '833' udc_main_class: '7' tags: - film - '1956' - German cinema - romantic drama - "Helmut K\xE4utner" - adaptation topics: - Cinema - Film History - Arts author: '' created_at: '2026-06-01T00:15:21.499782' updated_at: '2026-06-01T02:11:50.240347' sources: - type: url uri: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_from_Flanders format: url_fetch udc_label: Dance version: '1' --- ## Card: The Girl from Flanders (1956 Film) The Girl from Flanders is a 1956 West German romantic drama film directed by Helmut Käutner. It stars Nicole Berger, Maximilian Schell, and Viktor de Kowa, and is based on the novel Engele von Löwen by Carl Zuckmayer. The film was produced by Capitol Film and features location shooting in Flanders. ## Classification Primary: 791.43 | Secondary: 791.436.2, 833 | Tags: film, 1956, German cinema, romantic drama, Helmut Käutner, adaptation | Topics: Cinema, Film History, Arts ## Content The Girl from Flanders - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 References 4 External links Toggle the table of contents The Girl from Flanders 5 languages Cymraeg Deutsch Français Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Svenska Edit links Article Talk English Read Edit View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read Edit View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1956 film directed by Helmut Käutner The Girl from Flanders German film poster German Ein Mädchen aus Flandern Directed by Helmut Käutner Written by Carl Zuckmayer (novel) Heinz Pauck Helmut Käutner Produced by Herbert Uhlich Starring Nicole Berger Maximilian Schell Viktor de Kowa Cinematography Friedl Behn-Grund Edited by Anneliese Schönnenbeck Music by Bernhard Eichhorn Production company Capitol Film Distributed by Prisma Film Release date 16 February 1956  ( 1956-02-16 ) Running time 105 minutes Country West Germany Language German The Girl from Flanders ( German : Ein Mädchen aus Flandern ) is a 1956 romantic drama film directed by Helmut Käutner starring Nicole Berger , Maximilian Schell , and Viktor de Kowa . [ 1 ] It is an adaption of the novel Engele von Löwen (Angele de Louvain) written by Carl Zuckmayer . It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin with location filming around the town of Damme in Flanders . The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz . Plot [ edit ] 1914, German advance through Belgium : the young war volunteer Alexander 'Alex' Haller (Schell) is given water by a young Belgian woman (Berger). 1917, Third Battle of Flanders: Alex, now a 2nd lieutenant, is tired of the propaganda on the Home Front , so he spends his furlough in the hinterland of the Western Front . While boarding in a brothel, he meets the young woman again. They fall in love. Late 1918, German retreat after the Armistice : Engele and Alex meet again, only to be harassed by a Belgian mob. Shortly prior to being hanged by the mob, a group of passing Belgian soldiers, tired of the killing, saves them. End of the tale. Cast [ edit ] Nicole Berger as Angeline Meunier / Engele Maximilian Schell as Lt. Alexander 'Alex' Haller Viktor de Kowa as Monsieur le Curé Simon / Dr.Simon Friedrich Domin as Maj. Gen Leopold Haller, Alex's Father Anneliese Römer as Lysette, Simon's Sister Erica Balqué as Elisabeth Roeder, Alex's Sister Fritz Tillmann as Hauptmann Lüdemann Gert Fröbe as Rittmeister Kupfer Stanislav Ledinek as Feldwebel Roebig Wolfried Lier as Neukerk Clemens Hasse as Zahlmeister Willi Rose as Fahrer Wuttig Reinhard Kolldehoff as 1. Revolutionär / Simon's Henchmen Hans Hessling as 2. Revolutionär / Simon's Henchmen Nelly Beguin as Josine Jochen Blume as Major Emmy Burg as Frau Schröppke Lise Coliny as Augustine Wulverghem Omer Ducarme as Pierre Eberhard Fechner as The Jasmine Soldier Klaus Kammer as Heniz Shopkay Helmut Käutner as Wachtposten Arthur Schröder as Oberst Träutlein Friedrich Maurer as Kriegsgerichtsrat Wolfgang Völz as Major Gunloc Konrad Wagner as Colonel Kruder Herbert Weissbach as Rucksnider Joachim Wichmann as Kleinsmidt Ralf Wolter as German Soldier Eva Bodden Jeanne Brissac Otto A. Buck Inge Drexel Fritz Eberth Hellmut Grube Valentin Klaus Karl Klüsner Felix Knemöller Guillaume Lambrette Oskar Lindner Curt Lucas Ursula Lyn Brigitte Olm Gisela Reiche Rüdiger Renn Martin Rickelt Harald Sawade Lili Schoenborn-Anspach Karl Ludwig Schreiber Thea Thiele Karin von Dassel Günter von Wyhl Kurt Weitkamp References [ edit ] ^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael ; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema . New York: Berghahn Books . p. 121. doi : 10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6 . ISBN   978-1571816559 . JSTOR   j.ctt1x76dm6 . S2CID   252868046 . External links [ edit ] The Girl from Flanders at IMDb v t e Films directed by Helmut Käutner Kitty and the World Conference (1939) Clothes Make the Man (1940) Woman Made to Measure (1940) We Make Music (1942) Anuschka (1942) Romance in a Minor Key (1943) Große Freiheit Nr. 7 (1944) Under the Bridges (1946) In Those Days (1947) The Original Sin (1948) Royal Children (1950) White Shadows (1951) Captain Bay-Bay (1953) The Last Bridge (1954) Portrait of an Unknown Woman (1954) Ludwig II (1955) The Devil's General (1955) Sky Without Stars (1955) The Girl from Flanders (1956) The Captain from Köpenick (1956) Love from Paris (1957) The Rest Is Silence (1959) The Goose of Sedan (1959) A Glass of Water (1960) Black Gravel (1961) The Dream of Lieschen Mueller (1961) Redhead (1962) The House in Montevideo (1963) Tales of a Young Scamp (1964) Die Feuerzangenbowle (1970) This article related to a German film of the 1950s is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information . v t e Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Girl_from_Flanders&oldid=1355506478 " Categories : 1956 films 1956 romantic drama films 1950s war drama films German romantic drama films German war drama films West German films Films based on works by Carl Zuckmayer Films directed by Helmut Käutner German World War I films World War I films set on the Western Front Films set in Belgium Films shot in Belgium Films shot at Tempelhof Studios UFA GmbH films 1956 German films 1956 German-language films West German black-and-white films Films scored by Bernhard Eichhorn 1950s war romance films German-language romantic drama films German-language war drama films German war romance films German-language war romance films 1950s German film stubs Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Use dmy dates from September 2021 Pages using infobox name module with conflicting parameters Template film date with 1 release date Articles containing German-language text All stub articles This page was last edited on 22 May 2026, at 07:02  (UTC) . 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