Felix Smetana (1907 – 1968) was a German

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.Fritsche p.259 He designed the

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s for many Austrian and German films during the

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Selected filmography

* ''

Wedding in the Hay ''Wedding in the Hay'' (German: ''Hochzeit im Heu'') is a 1951 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Oskar Sima, Inge Egger and Kurt Seifert.Fritsche p.242 It was shot at the Schönbrunn Studios in Vienna and ...

'' (1951) * '' Hello Porter'' (1952) * '' Ideal Woman Sought'' (1952) * '' Voices of Spring'' (1952) * '' The Immortal Vagabond'' (1953) * ''

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'' (1953) * '' The Bird Seller'' (1953) * '' The Sun of St. Moritz'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1955) * '' And Who Is Kissing Me?'' (1956) * ''

The Beggar Student ''Der Bettelstudent'' (''The Beggar Student'') is an operetta in three acts by Carl Millöcker with a German libretto by Camillo Walzel (under the pseudonym of F. Zell) and Richard Genée, based on ''Les noces de Fernande'' by Victorien Sar ...

'' (1956) * ''

Scandal in Bad Ischl ''Scandal in Bad Ischl'' (German: ''Skandal in Ischl'') is a 1957 Austrian historical comedy film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring O.W. Fischer, Elisabeth Müller and Ivan Desny.Dassanowsky p.172 The film takes place in 1910 in the spa town ...

'' (1957) * '' Almenrausch and Edelweiss'' (1957) * ''

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'' (1958) * ''

Girls for the Mambo-Bar ''Girls for the Mambo-Bar'' (german: Mädchen für die Mambo-Bar) is a 1959 West German crime film directed by Wolfgang Glück and starring Kai Fischer, Gerlinde Locker and Jimmy Makulis.Lembach p.323 The film's sets were designed by the art ...

'' (1959) * '' Beloved Augustin'' (1960) * ''

Our Crazy Aunts ''Our Crazy Aunts'' (german: Unsere tollen Tanten) is a 1961 Austrian comedy film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Gunther Philipp, Gus Backus, and Vivi Bach. It was followed by two sequels ''Our Crazy Nieces'' and ''Our Crazy Aunts in the S ...

'' (1961)

References

Bibliography

* Fritsche, Maria. ''Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity''. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

* 1907 births 1968 deaths German art directors Film people from Dresden {{Germany-film-bio-stub