The Years Pass
1945 German film directed by Günther Rittau
The Years Pass (German: Die Jahre vergehen) is a 1945 German drama film directed by Günther Rittau and starring Heidemarie Hatheyer, Carl Kuhlmann and Werner Fuetterer. It was shot at the Althoff Studios in Berlin and on location around Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willy Schiller and Karl Vollbrecht.
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Bibliography
Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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