''Greetings and Kisses from Tegernsee'' (German: ''Gruß und Kuß vom Tegernsee'') is a 1957 West German

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film directed by Rudolf Schündler and starring

Elma Karlowa Elma Karlowa (March 12, 1932 – December 31, 1994) was a Yugoslav film and television actress.Fritsche p.255 Selected filmography * '' Once I Will Return'' (1953) * '' A Child of the Community'' (1953) * ''Guitars of Love'' (1954) * ''Cabaret'' ...

Bert Fortell Bert Fortell (18 September 1924 – 27 August 1996)) was an Austrian actor. Filmography External links * 1924 births 1996 deaths Austrian male film actors Austrian male television actors Actors from Baden bei Wien 20th-century Aus ...

and

Christiane Maybach Christiane Maybach (1932–2006) was a German film and television actress. She became known as "Berlin's Marilyn Monroe" due to work in films from the 1950s to the 1970s. She continued to act in television roles until shortly before her death in 2 ...

. It was part of a large number of heimatfilm produced during the decade.Von Moltke p.28 It was shot at the

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and on location around Tegernsee. The film's sets were designed by the

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and

Heinrich Weidemann Heinrich Weidemann (1899–1982) was a German art director.Lowe p.179 Selected filmography * '' The Gambler'' (1938) * '' The Swedish Nightingale'' (1941) * ''Ghost in the Castle'' (1947) * ''The Trip to Marrakesh'' (1949) * ''Scandal at the Emba ...

Synopsis

An American daughter of a millionaire hotelier is due to go to

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Bad Wiessee Bad Wiessee (Central Bavarian: ''Bad Wiessä'') is a municipality in the district of Miesbach in Upper Bavaria in Germany. Since 1922, it has been a spa town and located on the western shore of the Tegernsee Lake. It had a population of around ...

on Lake Tegernsee but wants to head to

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to meet up with her boyfriend Billy so she hires Lissy, a

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, to take her place. She succeeds in the impersonation and falls in love with Max, the nephew of the headteacher. Complications ensue when Billy arrives, and having completely forgotten his American girlfriend, falls for Steffi who runs a

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Cast

as Lissy *

as Max *

as Steffi *

Harald Juhnke Harald Juhnke () (born Harry Heinz Herbert Juhnke, 10 June 1929 – 1 April 2005), was a German actor, comedian, and singer. Life and career Juhnke was born in Berlin-Charlottenburg. His father was a police officer and his mother came from a ...

as Billy *

Ruth Stephan Ruth Stephan (27 October 1925 – 8 August 1975) was a German film and stage actress. She appeared with Heinz Erhardt in the 'Willi' series of films. Biography Ruth Stephan was born to retail merchant Kurt Stephan and his wife, Kriemhilde. A ...

as Dorothea *

Kurt Großkurth Kurt Großkurth (or Grosskurth; 11 May 1909 – 29 May 1975) was a German actor and singer. Biography Grosskurth was born in Langenselbold, Germany, in 1909. He grew up in Rhineland-Palatinate. In the 1920s, he followed his father's wish and we ...

as Amandus *

Monika Dahlberg Monika Dahlberg (born 30 April 1936) is a German singer, and film and television actress. She studied in Kiel as an actress and opera singer. In 1957 she signed a three-year contract with Constantin Film, and featured in several comedies and hei ...

as Pat * Lale Andersen as Self - Musician * Ingrid Dittmar as Elena * Hansen-Quartett as Singer *

Hans Leibelt Hans Leibelt (11 March 1885 in Leipzig, German Empire – 3 December 1974 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Heimliche Sünder'' (1926) * '' The False Prince'' (1927) * ''The Man in Search of His Murd ...

as Mr. Hoover *

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as Pips *

Franz Schafheitlin Franz Schafheitlin (9 August 1895 – 6 February 1980) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1927 and 1974. He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Pullach, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Bordellos ...

as Büroleiter * Kenneth Spencer as Jimmy * Jan Troeger as Junger Franzose

References

Bibliography

* Ludewig, Alexandra. ''Screening Nostalgia: 100 Years of German Heimat Film''. transcript Verlag, 2014. * Von Moltke, Johannes. ''No Place Like Home: Locations Of Heimat In German Cinema''. University of California Press, 2005.

External links

* 1957 films West German films German comedy films 1957 comedy films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Werner Klingler Films shot at Bavaria Studios Films shot in Bavaria Films set in Bavaria Constantin Film films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub