''Annaluise and Anton'' (German: ''Pünktchen und Anton'') is a 1953 Austrian-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
Thomas Engel and starring
Paul Klinger
Paul Karl Heinrich Klinksik (14 June 1907, Essen – 14 November 1971, Munich) was a German stage and film actor who also worked in radio drama and soundtrack dubbing.
Family life
His father, a civil engineer, was Karl Heinrich Klinksik; his moth ...
,
Hertha Feiler
Hertha Feiler (3 August 1916, Vienna – 1 November 1970, Munich) was an Austrian actress. She was married to the comedian Heinz Rühmann with whom she starred in several films. She was of Jewish descent.
Filmography
* '' Darling of the Sailors ...
, and
Heidemarie Hatheyer
Heidemarie Hatheyer (8 April 1918 – 11 May 1990) was an Austrian film actress. She appeared in 43 films between 1938 and 1988.
Selected filmography
*'' The Mountain Calls'' (1938)
* ''Frau Sixta'' (1938)
* '' The Vulture Wally'' (1940)
* ...
. It was one of the 10 most popular films released in Austria that year.
[Fritsche p.168] It was made at the
Sievering Studios
Sievering Studios were film production studios located in Sievering, a suburb of the Austrian capital Vienna.
The studios were established in 1916 by the film pioneer Alexander Kolowrat for use by his Sascha-Film. After the First World War they f ...
in
Vienna
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff
Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff (1908–1993) was an Austrian art directorDassanowsky p.130 who worked on more than a hundred films during his career. Jüptner-Jonstorff was one of the leading figures in his field in Europe, designing sets for films such ...
. It was
remade in 1999.
Main cast
*
Sabine Eggerth
Sabine Eggerth (9 June 1943 – 28 January 2017) was a German film and television actress. Eggerth was a child actor who made her debut aged ten in ''Anna Louise and Anton'' (1953). She played the title role in the 1955 film '' His Daughter is Ca ...
as Pünktchen
*
Peter Feldt as Anton
*
Paul Klinger
Paul Karl Heinrich Klinksik (14 June 1907, Essen – 14 November 1971, Munich) was a German stage and film actor who also worked in radio drama and soundtrack dubbing.
Family life
His father, a civil engineer, was Karl Heinrich Klinksik; his moth ...
as Herr Pogge
*
Hertha Feiler
Hertha Feiler (3 August 1916, Vienna – 1 November 1970, Munich) was an Austrian actress. She was married to the comedian Heinz Rühmann with whom she starred in several films. She was of Jewish descent.
Filmography
* '' Darling of the Sailors ...
as Frau Eva Pogge
*
Heidemarie Hatheyer
Heidemarie Hatheyer (8 April 1918 – 11 May 1990) was an Austrian film actress. She appeared in 43 films between 1938 and 1988.
Selected filmography
*'' The Mountain Calls'' (1938)
* ''Frau Sixta'' (1938)
* '' The Vulture Wally'' (1940)
* ...
as Frau Gast, Anton's mother
*
Annie Rosar
Annie Rosar (May 17, 1888 – August 5, 1963) was an Austrian stage and film actress who is best remembered today for her appearances in many Austrian comedy films from the 1930s to the early 1960s. In those movies, she was frequently cast in the ...
as Bertha, cook
*
Jane Tilden
Jane Tilden, born as Marianne Wilhelmine Tuch, (1910–2002) was an Austrian actress who enjoyed a long career on stage and in films and television shows. She was born as Marianne Tuch in Aussig, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. She was ...
as Fräulein Andacht
*
Michael Janisch as Hollack, Chauffeur
*
Carl Möhner
Carl Martin Rudolf Möhner (11 August 1921 – 14 January 2005) was an Austrian film actor, director, screenwriter and painter. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1949 and 1976. His most famous roles were as Jo "le Suédois" in the 19 ...
as Höllriegel, Rennfahrer
*
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Given name
*Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1907–1944), a German officer who, along with others, attempted to assassina ...
as Klepperbein
*
Hugo Gottschlich
Hugo Gottschlich (1905–1984) was an Austrian stage and film actor, who specialised in Viennese character parts.Fritsche p.148 Later in his career he appeared frequently on television.
Selected filmography
* ''Arlberg Express'' (1948)
* '' Frego ...
as Gustav
*
Walter Varndal
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* Walter (name), both a surname and a given name
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968)
* Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...
as Friseur Habekuss
*
Herbert Kroll
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* Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert
Name
* Herbert (given name)
* Herbert (surname)
Places Antarctica
* Herbert Mountains, Coats Land
* Herbert Sound, Graham Land
Australia
* Herber ...
as Lehrer Bremser
*
Maria Eis
Maria Eis (born Prague, 22 February 1896 - died Vienna, 18 December 1954) was an Austrian actress of stage and screen.
Between 1918 and 1923 Eis performed on stage at the ''Neue Wiener Bühne'' (New Vienna stage), the ''Renaissancebühne'' (Re ...
as Frau Übelmann
*
Carl de Groof
Carl de Groof (born Karl Krof 3 December 1923 Vienna, Austria - 18 January 2007 Javea, Spain) was an Austrian composer, film composer and orchestra conductor.
De Groof began his career shortly after the end of the Second World War. He worked as ...
*
Hermann Erhardt
Hermann Erhardt (January 9, 1903 in Landshut - November 30, 1958 in Vienna) was a German actor who played in more than 50 movies, among them '' Heimkehr'' and '' A Devil of a Woman''.
Selected filmography
* '' The Monastery's Hunter'' (1935) ...
as Ein Betrunkener
*
Curt Eilers
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In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and i ...
as Polizei-Wachtmeister
*
Hans Putz
Hans Putz (November 17, 1920 in Vienna – January 31, 1990 in Hamburg) was an Austrian actor. He had a stage career, including working at the Schauspielhaus Zürich and the Volkstheater in Vienna; he also appeared in a number of films.
...
as Robert
*
Fritz von Friedl as Ein Schüler
References
Further reading
* Fritsche, Maria. ''Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity''. Berghahn Books, 2013.
External links
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1953 films
1953 comedy films
Austrian comedy films
German comedy films
West German films
1950s German-language films
Films directed by Thomas Engel
Films shot at Sievering Studios
Films based on works by Erich Kästner
Films based on children's books
Films based on German novels
Austrian black-and-white films
German black-and-white films
1950s German films
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