My Wife Makes Music
My Wife Makes Music | |
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Directed by | Hans Heinrich |
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Cinematography | Eugen Klagemann |
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Music by | Gerd Natschinski |
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Release date | 3 April 1958 |
Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | East Germany |
Language | German |
My Wife Makes Music (German: Meine Frau macht Musik) is an East German musical film directed by Hans Heinrich. It was released in 1958, and sold 6,052,050 tickets.[1] It was a revue film in which an East Berlin housewife is discovered and turned into a singing star by an Italian, much to her husband's disapproval.
The film was very popular at the box office, but drew criticism from East Germany's communist authorities who regarded its style as too close to western commercial cinema.[2]
The film's art direction was by Oskar Pietsch.
Cast[]
- Lore Frisch as Gerda Wagner
- Günther Simon as Gustl Wagner
- Maly Delschaft as Susi Rettig
- as Eva Rettig
- Herbert Kiper as Fritz Rettig
- Evelyn Künneke as Daisy
- Alexander Hegarth as Fabiani
- as Soloist Ballett der Komischen Oper Berlin
- as Barmixer
- as Mann in Loge
- Paul Heidemann as Direktor Nielsen
- as U-Bahn-Kontrolleur
- as Soloist Ballett der Komischen Oper
- as Katharina
- Hans Klering as Hutkäufer
- as Verkäuferin am Papierwarenstand
- as Frau des Hutkäufers
- as Francesco
- as Kunde
- Gitta Lind
- Alfred Maack as Pförtner
- as Ballettsolist der Komischen Oper Berlin
- as Arthur Papke
- Heinz Schubert as Spießer
- as Jette
- as Bühnenarbeiter
- Nico Turoff
References[]
- ^ List of the 50 highest-grossing DEFA films.
- ^ Feinstein p.141
Bibliography[]
- Feinstein, Joshua. The Triumph of the Ordinary: Depictions of Daily Life in the East German Cinema, 1949–1989. University of North Carolina Press, 2002.
External links[]
Categories:
- German-language films
- 1958 films
- East German films
- Films set in Berlin
- German musical films
- 1958 musical films
- Films about singers
- Films directed by Hans Heinrich
- 1950s German film stubs
- Musical film stubs