Black Forest Cherry Schnapps

Black Forest Cherry Schnapps
Directed byGéza von Bolváry
Written byGustav Kampendonk
Produced byKurt Ulrich
Heinz Willeg
StarringMarianne Hold
Dietmar Schönherr
Boy Gobert
CinematographyGeorg Bruckbauer
Edited byIngrid Wacker
Music byLotar Olias
Production
company
Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion
Distributed byBavaria Film
Release date
  • 1 August 1958 (1958-08-01)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Black Forest Cherry Schnapps (German: Schwarzwälder Kirsch) is a 1958 West German comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Marianne Hold, Dietmar Schönherr and Boy Gobert. It was shot in Agfacolor at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location around Wiesental. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Kuhnert.[1] It was part of the tradition of Heimatfilm, popular in the postwar era.[2] [3] The title refers to Kirsch, the popular drink.

Synopsis

The composer Peter is on the way to a in a music festival to be honoured in the Black Forest, but due to an error he and his lyricist friend are mistaken as vagrants and imprisoned. Meanwhile two real tramps steal their papers and pose as the celebrated musicians, causing havoc.

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References

Bibliography

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  • Höbusch, Harald. "Mountain of Destiny": Nanga Parbat and Its Path Into the German Imagination. Boydell & Brewer, 2016.
  • Ludewig, Alexandra. Screening Nostalgia: 100 Years of German Heimat Film. transcript Verlag, 2014.
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