The Great Longing (Die große Sehnsucht) 93 years old

During lunch break at the movie studio, the extras rush to the canteen Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Maria Paudler and Luis Trenker are chatting. Eva von Loe a beautiful young extra rushes past; she is looking for her fiancé, Paul Wessel, who is also an extra. She has to return to the set where the famous director Regisseur Hall is shooting a scen. He is dissatisfied with his star, Carla Marventa, who is wrong for the scene he must photograph. Hall notices Eva, but laughs at her desire to replace Marventa. At that moment Conrad Veidt comes on the scene and assumes that Eva is the star.

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The Great Longing Cast

Name Character
Conrad Veidt He was 37, 50 years old when he died as Himself
Ernö Verebes He was 27, 68 years old when he died as Himself
Charles Puffy He was 45, 57 years old when he died as Himself
Fritz Rasp He was 39, 85 years old when he died as Himself
Theo Lingen He was 27, 75 years old when he died as Himself
Paul Heidemann He was 46, 84 years old when he died as Himself
Harry Liedtke He was 47, 62 years old when he died as Himself
Karel Lamač He was 43, 65 years old when he died as Himself
Fritz Kortner He was 38, 78 years old when he died as Himself
Paul Kemp He was 34, 57 years old when he died as Regieassistent Mopp
Anny Ondra She was 27, 83 years old when she died as Herself
Walter Rilla He was 35, 85 years old when he died as Himself
Luis Trenker He was 37, 97 years old when he died as Himself,
Francis Lederer He was 30, 100 years old when he died as Himself
Walter Janssen He was 43, 88 years old when he died as Himself
Camilla Horn She was 27, 93 years old when she died as Eva von Loe
Adele Sandrock She was 67, 74 years old when she died as Herself
Jenny Jugo She was 26, 97 years old when she died as Herself
Hans Adalbert Schlettow He was 43, 57 years old when he died as Himself
Elga Brink She was 35, 90 years old when she died as Herself
Olga Tschechowa She was 33, 82 years old when she died as Herself
Lil Dagover She was 42, 92 years old when she died as sie selbst
Paul Henckels He was 44, 81 years old when he died as Aufnahmeleiter Klieht
Lil Dagover She was 42, 92 years old when she died as Herself
Gustav Diessl He was 30, 48 years old when he died as Himself
Liane Haid She was 35, 105 years old when she died as Herself
Karl Platen He was 53, 74 years old when he died as Fridericus Rex
Theodor Loos He was 47, 71 years old when he died as Regisseur Hall
Walter Steinbeck He was 51, 63 years old when he died as Filmdirector
Betty Amann She was 25, 85 years old when she died as Herself
Ferdinand Bonn He was 68, 71 years old when he died as Cornelius
Jack Trevor He was 39, 86 years old when he died as Himself
Charlotte Susa She was 32, 78 years old when she died as Herself
Maria Paudler She was 27, 87 years old when she died as Herself
Harry Frank He was 33, 51 years old when he died as Paul Wessel

The Great Longing Crew

Name Department
Steve Sekely as Director. He was 31 (80) years old when He died Directing
Steve Sekely as Writer. He was 31 (80) years old when He died Writing
Emeric Pressburger as Writer. He was 27 (85) years old when He died Writing
The Great Longing (93 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, August 24, 1930
  • Runtime: 100 minutes