Directed by Heinz Helbig | ||
Written by Stefan von KamareHarald BrattPhilipp von Zeska Starring Otto TreßlerIrene von MeyendorffFriedl Haerlin Productioncompany Deutsche Styria FilmWien Film | ||
Linen from Ireland (German: Leinen aus Irland) 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 also attacked Britain with whom Germany was at war by the time of the film's release.
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It was made as a co-production between the German company Bavaria Film and the Austrian Wien Film which had been created following the Anschluss of 1938. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert A. Dietrich and Artur Gunther.
Plot
In Bavaria in 1909 a Jewish employee of a textile company begins importing cheaper linen from Ireland, sabotaging local production and threatening many of the workers with unemployment. Eventually his scheme is exposed.