Träumerei/Dreaming (Film 1944)

Dreaming (German: Träumerei) is a 1944 German historical musical drama film directed by Harald Braun and starring Hilde Krahl, Mathias Wieman and Friedrich Kayssler. Audio n German with English subtitles.

It portrays the lives of the pianist Clara Schumann and her composer husband Robert Schumann.

The film was shot at the Babelsberg and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location around Xanten in the Rhineland.

It premiered in Zwickau, the birthplace of Robert Schumann, two days before it was first screened at the Marmorhaus cinema in the capital. Originally, the film was going to star Zarah Leander as Clara Schumann, and movie posters featuring her were even distributed. However, Leander fled to Sweden, due to the ongoing war, and was recast.

The future star Hildegard Knef shot some scenes, which would have marked her film debut, but these were left out of the final cut.

Cast & Characters:
Hilde Krahl as Clara Wieck Schumann
Mathias Wieman as Robert Schumann
Friedrich Kayssler as Friedrich Wieck
Elly Burgmer as Fräulein Leser
Ullrich Haupt as Johannes Brahms
Emil Lohkamp as Franz Liszt
Erika Helmke as Madame Hülsebusch
Rudolf Drexler as Tausch, Konzertmeister
Paul Henckels as Baron Fölkersam
Ernst Karchow as Gerichtspräsident
Emil Hess as Dr. Körber
Carl Napp as Bürgermeister
Karl Hellmer as Pistazy
Helmuth Schneider as Student
Walter Tarrach as Flügeladjutant
Leni Sponholz as Hausmädchen
Bruno Harprecht as König Karl IV. von Schweden
Waldo Favre as Kapellmeister
Clemens Hasse as Clemens Rollfuß
Rudolf Klix as Würdenträger am Königshof
Astrid Seiderer as Ballonverkäuferin beim Karneval
Toni Tetzlaff as Konzertbesucherin
Hella Thornegg as Solistin im Chor