The Fountain of Love

The Fountain of Love (German: Die Liebesquelle) is a 1966 Austrian comedy film directed by Ernst Hofbauer and starring Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Sieghardt Rupp, Eddi Arent and Ann Smyrner.^[1] Much of the film was shot on location in Bulgaria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wolf Witzemann.^[2]

In an effort to boost tourism, the leaders Swedish mountain village invent a legend claiming that bathing in their local spring grants men exceptional virility and women irresistible beauty. The scheme backfires when a visiting journalist's report brings swarms of tourists to the town, just as the mayor has temporarily blocked the fountain to hide the deception from a government inspection. In a final twist the spring is discovered to be a genuine aphrodisiac, leading the Minister of Tourism to nationalise the lucrative site for the state.

• Hans-Jürgen Bäumler as Leif
• Sieghardt Rupp as Nils Hansen
• Eddi Arent as Alwin Knobbe
• Ann Smyrner as Stina
• Hartmut Hinrichs as Carl
• Christa Linder as Britta
• Christiane Rücker as Grit
• Marianne Schönauer as Frau von Weyden
• Balduin Baas as Druggist
• Helga Marlo as Caroline
• Walter Buschhoff as Wirt, the Innkeeper
• Ellen Umlauf as Teacher
• Werner Abrolat as John
• Emily Reuer as Frieda
• Herbert Tiede as Pastor
• Karin Field as Victoria
• Dimitar Panov as Lars Pogge

• Von Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.

• The Fountain of Love at IMDb