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Der ewige Quell (1940) [N/A]

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Release Date:
January 18, 1940

Original Title:
Der ewige Quell

Genres:
Drama

Ratings / Certifications:
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Overview from TheMovieDB

The farmers on the Lohhof, the largest farm in the area, are well known all around and have the highest prestige amongst their peers, not the least, because they never suffer any shortage of water. When in times of drought the water everywhere else has dried into nothingness, the water on the Lohhof is abundant and fresh. But one very dry summer, the drought comes to the Lohhof, too, and this time, the source of the water has dried up. And so, with diving rod in hand, one of the farm's old peasants goes on his merry little way to find a new source of water. At one point, the diving rod bends so strongly, that it almost slips out of the old man's hands. Convinced that there must be a huge source of water nearby, all the farmers of the Lohhof bend their backs to find the new well. They dig long, but they dig in vain: no water is found, only a strange sand, which is yellowish, shiny and flickers golden in the sun.

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Production

Director:
Fritz Kirchhoff

Music:
Anton Profes

Novel:
Johannes Linke

Writer:
Hans Joachim Beyer

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