---
title: 'The Girl from Fano (1941)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hans Schweikart'
released: '1941-01-24'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-girl-from-fano-1941'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033937/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Girl from Fano (1941)

1941 · Drama · Germany

Original title: Das Mädchen von Fanö

## Synopsis

The Girl from Fano is a 1941 German drama film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Brigitte Horney, Joachim Gottschalk and Gustav Knuth. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location around Hiddensee. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Rudolf Pfenninger and Ludwig Reiber. The film is based on a novel by Günther Weisenborn and is set amongst the fishing community of the Danish island of Fanø.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hans Schweikart](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-schweikart)
- **Screenplay:** [Günther Weisenborn](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-weisenborn)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alois Melichar](https://cinepixo.com/people/alois-melichar)
- **Director of Photography:** [Carl Hoffmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-hoffmann)
- **Editor:** [Werner Jacobs](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-jacobs)

## Cast

- [Gustav Knuth](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-knuth)
- [Joachim Gottschalk](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-gottschalk)
- [Karl Dannemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-dannemann)
- [Viktoria von Ballasko](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktoria-von-ballasko)
- [Helmut Weiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-weiss)
- [Paul Bildt](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-bildt)
- [Brigitte Horney](https://cinepixo.com/people/brigitte-horney)
- [Fritz Hoopts](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-hoopts)
- [Franz Weber](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-weber)
- [Wilhelm Paul Krüger](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilhelm-paul-kruger)
- [Paul Wegener](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-wegener)
- [Gerhard Bienert](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-bienert)

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