---
title: 'The Girl from Barnhelm (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hans Schweikart'
released: '1940-10-18'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-girl-from-barnhelm-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032498/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Girl from Barnhelm (1940)

1940 · Comedy · Germany

Original title: Das Fräulein von Barnhelm

## Synopsis

The Girl from Barnhelm is a 1940 German historical comedy film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Käthe Gold, Ewald Balser and Fita Benkhoff. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and location shooting around the Isar Valley. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Rudolf Pfenninger and Ludwig Reiber. It is an adaptation of the 1767 play Minna von Barnhelm by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hans Schweikart](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-schweikart)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alois Melichar](https://cinepixo.com/people/alois-melichar)
- **Director of Photography:** [Carl Hoffmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-hoffmann)
- **Editor:** [Gottlieb Madl](https://cinepixo.com/people/gottlieb-madl)

## Cast

- [Margarete Haagen](https://cinepixo.com/people/margarete-haagen)
- [Klaus Pohl](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-pohl-2)
- [Gustav Waldau](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-waldau)
- [Peter Pasetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-pasetti)
- [Eduard von Winterstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-von-winterstein)
- [Ewald Balser](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewald-balser)
- [Friedrich Ulmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-ulmer)
- [Fritz Kampers](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-kampers)
- [Paul Dahlke](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-dahlke)
- [Fita Benkhoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/fita-benkhoff)
- [Erna Sellmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erna-sellmer)
- [Hans Leibelt](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-leibelt)
- [Lisa Helwig](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-helwig)
- [Gerhard Bienert](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-bienert)
- [Walter Franck](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-franck)

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