Lightning Around Barbara

Lightning Around Barbara (German: Wetterleuchten um Barbara) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Werner Klingler and starring Sybille Schmitz, Attila Hörbiger and Maria Koppenhöfer. It is a heimatfilm with Nazi propaganda overtones, set in the Tyrol region of Austria in the year of the Anschluss. It was shot at the Schönbrunn and Sievering Studios in Vienna and on location around Steinach am Brenner. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gabriel Pellon and Heinrich Richter.

Synopsis
In 1938 in the mountainous Tyrol underground members of the Nazi movement face suppression from the Austrian Heimwehr. Martin Stammer and others flee across the border into Nazi Germany for shelter. In his absence his wife is forced to accuse him of murder in order to save her friend in a court trial. Her dilemma is resolved when her husband returns as part of the invading Germany forces.

Cast

 * Sybille Schmitz as Barbara Stammer
 * Attila Hörbiger as 	Martin Stammer
 * Maria Koppenhöfer as 	Stammermutter
 * Oskar Sima as 	Gansterer, Ortskommandant der Frontmiliz
 * Eduard Köck as Rottbichler
 * Heinrich Heilinger as Dr. Heiderer
 * Hans Jamnig as Sergeant Kratzer
 * Georg Vogelsang as Altknecht Aegyd
 * Leopold Esterle as 	Hansbauer
 * Ilse Exl as 	Hansbäuerin
 * Leopold Kerscher as 	Ödbauer
 * Viktor Staal as Anton Walcher
 * Maria Stadler as 	Wettl, Magd