A Cheerful House
| A Cheerful House | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Johannes Guter |
| Written by | Johannes Guter Jochen Kuhlmey Max Pfeiffer |
| Produced by | Erich Holder |
| Starring | Carla Rust Rolf Weih Hans Leibelt Carsta Löck |
| Cinematography | Josef Střecha |
| Edited by | Willy Zeunert |
| Music by | Ludwig Schmidseder |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Deutsche Filmvertriebs |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
A Cheerful House (German: Ein fröhliches Haus) is a 1944 German comedy film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Carla Rust, Rolf Weih, Hans Leibelt and Carsta Löck.[1] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin in the summer of 1943, although the release was delayed for more than a year. The film's sets were designed by the art director Anton Weber.[2]
Synopsis
Viktor Werneberg is a widowed swimming instructor with three children, who meets the sophisticated Irene Müller advice column in a newspaper. Although the two strike up a bond he is concerned that his chaotic household, including a lazy uncle Paul and an domineering housekeeper Grete, will put Irene off.
Cast
- Carla Rust as Dr. Irene Müller
- Rolf Weih as Viktor Wernebach
- Hans Leibelt as Onkel Paul Hagedorn
- Carsta Löck as Grete
- Ursula Herking as Irenes Freundin Ursula
- Erich Fiedler as Clemens Langen
- Irmingard Schreiter as Sportstudentin Hilde Dyrenfurth
- Olga Limburg as Tante Liesbeth
- Lotte Rausch as Tante Mariechen
- Franz Weber as Ursulas erster Begleiter
- Wilhelm Bendow as Mann auf Gartenbank
- Karl Hannemann as Erster Möbelpacker
- Arthur Reinhardt as Zweiter Möbelpacker
- Georg Thomalla as Mann mit Platz in der Schlange
- Roswitha Knopf as Tochter Inge Werneberg
- Rosemarie Kemmerich as Tochter Rose Werneberg
- Klaus Puhlmann as Sohn Klaus Werneberg
- Gustav Püttjer as Kartenbüroangestellter
References
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.