''Always Trouble with the Reverend'' (german: Immer Ärger mit Hochwürden) is a 1972 West German

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Harald Vock Harald Vock (1925 – 1998) was a German television producer and television director. While he mainly worked in television, he also directed or scripted a handful of feature films for cinema such as '' Our Doctor is the Best'' in 1969. Vock beg ...

and starring

Georg Thomalla Georg Thomalla (14 February 1915 – 25 August 1999) was a German actor. He appeared in about one hundred fifty film and television productions between 1939 and 2000 and was widely known in Germany for his comedic roles. Thomalla was well k ...

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and Chris Roberts.Bock & Bergfelder p.269 It is a sequel to the 1971 film ''

The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye ''The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye'' (german: Hochwürden drückt ein Auge zu) is a 1971 West German comedy film directed by Harald Vock and starring Roy Black, Uschi Glas and Georg Thomalla.Bock & Bergfelder p.269 It was followed by a 1972 sequel ' ...

''. Like the previous film it was shot around Lake Wörthersee in

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Cast

as Pfarrer Himmelreich *

as Thomas Springer * Chris Roberts as Rainer Kurzmann * Heidi Hansen as Beate Bessen *

Theo Lingen Theo Lingen (; 10 June 1903 – 10 November 1978), born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1929 and 1978, and directed 21 films between 1936 and 1960. Life and c ...

as Bischof *

Otto Schenk Otto Schenk (born 12 June 1930, in Vienna) is an Austrian actor, and theater and opera director. Life and career Schenk was born to Catholic parents. His father, a lawyer, had Jewish roots and therefore lost his job after the Anschluss in 1938. ...

as Oskar *

Eddi Arent Gebhardt Georg Arendt (5 May 1925 – 28 May 2013) was a German actor, cabaret artist and comedian. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1956 and 2002. He was born in Danzig, Free City of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland) and died in ...

as Punchen *

Heinz Reincke Karl-Heinz Reincke (28 May 1925 – 13 July 2011) was a German-born actor, long-based in Vienna. Selected filmography Films *'' A Heart Returns Home'' (1956) - Besselmann *'' Confessions of Felix Krull'' (1957) - Stanko *''Tolle Nacht'' (1957 ...

as Alfred * Carlos Werner * Ossy Kolmann *

Kurt Nachmann Kurt Nachmann (1915–1984) was an Austrian screenwriter and film actor and director.Fritsche p.253 Selected filmography * '' The Singing House'' (1948) * ''Espionage'' (1955) * '' The Congress Dances'' (1955) * '' Marriage Sanitarium'' (1955 ...

as Kalweit *

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as Mascha Weber *

Guido Wieland Guido Wieland (1906–1993) was an Austrian stage, film and television actor.Mitchell p.92 Selected filmography * '' 1. April 2000'' (1952) * ''Adventure in Vienna'' (1952) * ''The Doctor's Secret'' (1955) * ''Scandal in Bad Ischl'' (1957) * ''E ...

as Bürgermeister *

Erich Padalewski Erich Padalewski (1930–2018) was an Austrian stage, film and television actor.Schliesser & Moser p.83 Selected filmography * '' Dance with Me Into the Morning'' (1962) * ''Our Crazy Nieces'' (1963) * ''Don't Fool with Me'' (1963) * '' Call of ...

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References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1972 films 1972 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Harald Vock Films scored by Gerhard Heinz Gloria Film films Films about Catholic priests 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub