---
title: 'Linen from Ireland (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Heinz Helbig'
released: '1939-10-16'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/linen-from-ireland-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031563/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Linen from Ireland (1939)

1939 · Drama · Germany

Original title: Leinen aus Irland

## Synopsis

Linen from Ireland is a 1939 German drama film directed by Heinz Helbig and starring Otto Treßler, Irene von Meyendorff, and Friedl Haerlin. It was part of an ongoing campaign of anti-Semitism in German cinema of the era, and was also intended to discredit the governance of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire. By the time of the film's release in October 1939, Britain and Germany were at war, so it was also useful in creating anti-British sentiment.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Heinz Helbig](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-helbig)
- **Screenplay:** [Harald Bratt](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-bratt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Anton Profes](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-profes)
- **Producer:** [Heinrich Haas](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-haas)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hans Schneeberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-schneeberger)
- **Editor:** [Margarete Steinborn](https://cinepixo.com/people/margarete-steinborn)

## Cast

- [Otto Schmöle](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-schmole)
- [Friedl Haerlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedl-haerlin)
- [Georg Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-alexander)
- [Oskar Wegrostek](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-wegrostek)
- [Oskar Werner](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-werner)
- [Irene von Meyendorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-von-meyendorff)
- [Robert Valberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-valberg)
- [Rolf Wanka](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-wanka)
- [Hans Olden](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-olden)
- [Oskar Sima](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-sima)
- [Rudolf Carl](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-carl)
- [Ernst Nadherny](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-nadherny)
- [Karl Skraup](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-skraup)
- [Tibor Halmay](https://cinepixo.com/people/tibor-halmay)
- [Siegfried Breuer](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-breuer)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/linen-from-ireland-1939
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