The Great Love

The Great Love

76 mins | Drama | Dec. 21, 1931

Ten years after the end of World War I, Austrian soldier Franz leaves Russia and returns to his village, where he is reunited with Frieda, a woman who believes he is her long-lost son. She seeks him out and greets him with such loving joy, that Franz doesn't have the heart to tell her the truth. He stays with her and when he gets to know his new girlfriend Annie, he begs her to hide his true identity from Annie. Annie, for her part, has seen through this charade already, but chooses to say nothing and to continue to care for Franz.

The Great Love

76 mins | Drama | Dec. 21, 1931

The Great Love
Ten years after the end of World War I, Austrian soldier Franz leaves Russia and returns to his village, where he is reunited with Frieda, a woman who believes he is her long-lost son. She seeks him out and greets him with such loving joy, that Franz doesn't have the heart to tell her the truth. He stays with her and when he gets to know his new girlfriend Annie, he begs her to hide his true identity from Annie. Annie, for her part, has seen through this charade already, but chooses to say nothing and to continue to care for Franz.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Allianz-Film, E.M.L.K., Weissman Tonfilm
Original title Die große Liebe
Directors Otto Preminger
Writers Peter Herz, Siegfried Bernfeld, Artur Berger

Cast

Hansi Niese

as Frieda, die Mutter

Attila Hörbiger

as Franz

Betty Bird

as Annie Huber

Maria Waldner

as Amalia Huber

Hans Olden

as Dr. Theobald Steinlechner

Hugo Thimig

as Polizeikommissar

Georg Dénes

as Fery

Carl Goetz

as Strolch