The Black Forest Girl (1950 film)

The Black Forest Girl (German: Schwarzwaldmädel) is a 1950 West German drama film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Paul Hörbiger, Sonja Ziemann, and Rudolf Prack.

Within two years fourteen million tickets were sold in West Germany, and on the strength of it Sonja Ziemann and Rudolf Prack topped the popularity charts and received Bambi awards.

[3] The film's success revived the popularity of Heimatfilm, which came to dominate the German box office over the coming decade.

[3] It was made at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin while location shooting took place in the Black Forest.

An East German production Heart of Stone was also made in colour the same year.