Hello, Fraulein!

Hello, Fraulein!
Hello, Fraulein!
Directed by	Rudolf Jugert
Written by	Margot Hielscher; Helmut Weiss;
Starring	Margot Hielscher; Hans Söhnker; Peter van Eyck;
Cinematography	Georg Bruckbauer
Edited by
Music by
Production; company	Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Herzog-Filmverleih
Release date	13 May 1949
Running time	84 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Hello, Fraulein! (German: Hallo, Fräulein!) is a 1949 German musical film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Margot Hielscher, Hans Söhnker and Peter van Eyck.^[1] It was made by the Munich-based company Bavaria Film in what would shortly become West Germany. It marked the German debut of van Eyck who had actually been born in Pomerania but had spent many years in the United States, leading him to be promoted in the film's publicity as an American actor.^[2]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Mellin. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's music combines elements of American big band jazz and German folk music.^[3]

Synopsis[]

In Southern Germany in the months after the end of the Second World War, the commander of American forces occupying a German town tries to promote friendship with the locals by organising a musical show with the assistance of a female music student who has recently returned from entertaining German soldiers on the Eastern Front. By inviting a multi-national orchestra to perform, the two achieve greater international harmony although the student ultimately decides to marry a local architect rather than the American soldier.

Cast[]

Margot Hielscher as Maria Neubauer
Hans Söhnker as Walter Reinhardt
Peter van Eyck as Tom Keller
Bobby Todd as Cesare
as Renate
Iska Geri as Grit
Hannelore Bollmann as Herta
as Berta
as Teddy
as Seppl
Oliver Hassencamp as René
Johannes Buzalski as Gabor
as Jan
as Hans
as Fritz
Panos Papadopulos as Musiker
Freddie Brocksieper as Musiker
Helmut Zacharias as Musiker
as Musiker
as Frau Neuhaus
as Sergeant
as Sam
as Frl. Senkpiel
Petra Unkel as Roswitha
as Alois

References[]

^ Koepnick p. 74
^ Davidson & Hake p. 48–50
^ Davidson & Hake p. 49

Bibliography[]

Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.
Lutz Peter Koepnick. The Cosmopolitan Screen: German Cinema and the Global Imaginary, 1945 to the Present. University of Michigan Press, 2007.

External links[]

Hello, Fraulein! at IMDb

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[1] Koepnick p. 74

[2] Davidson & Hake p. 48–50

[3] Davidson & Hake p. 49

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