Hannele's Journey to Heaven
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| Hannele's Journey to Heaven | |
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| German | Hanneles Himmelfahrt |
| Directed by | Urban Gad |
| Written by | Gerhart Hauptmann (play) Willy Rath |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Karl Hasselmann |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Terra Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
Hannele's Journey to Heaven (German: Hanneles Himmelfahrt) is a 1922 German silent film directed by Urban Gad and starring Margarete Schlegel, Margarete Schön and Hermann Vallentin.[1] The film is based on the play, The Assumption of Hannele by German author Gerhart Hauptmann. It was remade as a sound film in 1934.
It is set in a small mountain village and tells the story of Hannele, an unhappy girl who is beaten by her stepfather and tries to commit suicide.
