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

1914, German advance through Belgium: the young war volunteer Alexander 'Alex' Haller (Schell) is given water by an equally young Belgian woman (Berger). 1917, Third Battle of Flanders: Alex, now a 2nd lieutenant, is tired about the propaganda at 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 be hanged by the mob, a group of passing Belgian soldiers, tired about killing, saves them. End of the tale.

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