Shame on You, Brigitte!
Shame on You, Brigitte! | |
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Directed by | E.W. Emo |
Written by | Karl Farkas E.W. Emo |
Based on | Bubusch by Gábor Vaszary |
Produced by | |
Starring | Heinz Rühmann Hans Moser Theo Lingen |
Cinematography | Oskar Schnirch |
Edited by | Hermann Leitner |
Music by | Heinz Sandauer |
Production company | Styria Film |
Distributed by | Gloria Film |
Release date | 5 September 1952 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | Austria |
Language | German |
Shame on You, Brigitte! (German: Schäm' dich, Brigitte!) is a 1952 Austrian comedy film directed by E.W. Emo and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hans Moser and Theo Lingen.[1] It was later released in West Germany under the alternative title Wir werden das Kind schon schaukeln. It is based on the play Bubusch, a German-language version of a work by Hungarian writer Gábor Vaszary, which had previously been adapted into the 1943 German film .
The film was made with the backing of Gloria Film, which handled its distribution in the lucrative West German market. It was shot at the Schönbrunn Studios and on location around Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gustav Abel.
Synopsis[]
When a mathematics teacher discovers a love letter on one of his students, Brigitte Schneider, he goes to visit her family to inform them. However, she persuades the maid to pretend to be her mother. Further confusion arises when her real mother later discovers the letter and assumes it has been written by her husband to his own lover.
Cast[]
- Heinz Rühmann as Dr. Felix Schneider
- Hans Moser as Professor Karl Stieglitz
- Theo Lingen as Paul Fellmeier
- as Lilli Schneider
- as Brigitte Schneider
- Annie Rosar as Lilli Schneiders Mutter
- Lotte Lang as Marie, Dienstmädchen
- Margarete Slezak as Rosi Stieglitz
- Nadja Tiller as Olga Fellmeier
- Gusti Wolf as Hilde - Wirtin und falsche Braut
- Egon von Jordan as Dr. Haberer, Rechtsanwalt
- as Herr Kraus
- Chariklia Baxevanos as Hertha Engelberger
References[]
- ^ Fritsche p.182
Bibliography[]
- Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links[]
- German-language films
- 1952 films
- 1952 comedy films
- Austrian comedy films
- Austrian films
- Films directed by E. W. Emo
- Gloria Film films
- Films shot at Schönbrunn Studios
- Films shot in Vienna
- Austrian films based on plays
- Austrian film stubs