Front Theatre

Front Theatre (German: Fronttheater) is a 1942 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Heli Finkenzeller, René Deltgen and Lothar Firmans. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and the Cinetone Studios in Amsterdam. Location shooting took place in occupied Bordeaux and Greece. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Carlo Böhm and Willi Herrmann. Plot A woman gives up her successful acting career to support her doctor husband. Later she takes part in entertainment for German forces during the Second World War. Cast Heli Finkenzeller as Lena Meinhardt-Andres René Deltgen as Dr. Paul Meinhardt Lothar Firmans as Langhammer, director Wilhelm Strienz as chamber singer Herrmann as Hilde Keller as Monika Keller Willi Rose as Alwin Sommer Rudolf Schündler as Walter Hülsen Bruni Löbel as Gerda Hoffmann Hilde von Stolz as Edith Reiß Gerhard Dammann as Pietsch Adolf Fischer as Otto Zielke as Kummer Ernö René as Bosco Alice Treff as Beamtin beim Arbeitsamt Elsa Wagner as Alte Schauspielerin Hermann Pfeiffer as Reiseleiter einer Künstlertruppe Ernst Karchow as Dr. Gall Heinz Ruhmann as himself