Dreaming Days

Dreaming Days
Directed by	Emil-Edwin Reinert
Written by	Vicki Baum (story) Erich Kröhnke Emil E. Reinert Johannes Mario Simmel
Starring	Aglaja Schmid O.W. Fischer Axel von Ambesser
Cinematography	André Bac Bertl Höcht
Music by	Joe Hajos
Production companies	Alcina National-Film
Distributed by	Neue Filmverleih
Release date	17 August 1951 (1951-08-17)
Running time	78 minutes
Countries	France West Germany
Language	German

Dreaming Days (German: Verträumte Tage) is a 1951 French-West German drama film directed by Emil-Edwin Reinert and starring Aglaja Schmid, O.W. Fischer and Axel von Ambesser.^[1] The film is based on a short story by Vicki Baum. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. Location shooting took place around Mittenwald, Lautersee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Kreuzeck. A separate French version, The Red Needle, was also made, with different actors.

Maja Berger is staying in the Bavarian Alps to recover her health. She is visited occasionally by her husband but is deeply lonely. Then she encounters Florian, a young doctor, who is mountaineering in the district. They fall in love and plan to elope. Before he leaves he wants to climb a particular peak one last time. Having made a successful ascent, he is caught in a violent storm on the way down and is killed.

• Aglaja Schmid as Maja Berger
• O.W. Fischer as Florian Faber
• Axel von Ambesser as Herr Berger
• Josef Sieber as Heinrich Langkofler
• Claude Maritz as Bergführer
• Margo Lion as Fanni Langkofler
• Hildegard Kleinkemm as Trude Langkofler

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

• Dreaming Days at IMDb

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