''Girls for the Mambo-Bar'' (german: Mädchen für die Mambo-Bar) is a 1959 West German crime film directed by

Wolfgang Glück Wolfgang Glück (born 29 September 1929, Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. His film '' '38 – Vienna Before the Fall'' (1987) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy ...

and starring

Kai Fischer Kai Fischer (born 18 March 1934) is a German film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1955 and 1999. Selected filmography * ''Operation Sleeping Bag'' (1955) * '' The Bath in the Barn'' (1956) * '' Sand, Love and Salt'' (1957) * ...

, Gerlinde Locker and Jimmy Makulis.Lembach p.323 The film's sets were designed by the art directors

Felix Smetana Felix Smetana (1907 – 1968) was a German art director.Fritsche p.259 He designed the sets for many Austrian and German films during the postwar era. Selected filmography * ''Wedding in the Hay'' (1951) * '' Hello Porter'' (1952) * '' Ideal W ...

Cast

as Olga * Gerlinde Locker as Eva * Jimmy Makulis as Jimmy * Rolf Kutschera as Martini *

Edith Elmay Edith Elmay (24 July 1936 – 7 August 2020) was an Austrian film and television actress. Elmay died on 7 August 2020, at the age of 84.Berlin film researcher M. Jahnke (in cooperation with R. Kettermann) Selected filmography * ''Scandal in Bad ...

Wolf Albach-Retty Wolf Albach-Retty (born Wolfgang Helmuth Albert Albach; 28 May 1906 – 21 February 1967) was an Austrian actor. He was the father of Romy Schneider with the German actress Magda Schneider. Career Born as Wolfgang Helmuth Albert Albach in Vienna ...

as Krüger * Rolf Olsen as Rutka *

Horst Beck Horst may refer to: Science * Horst (geology), a raised fault block bounded by normal faults or graben People * Horst (given name) * Horst (surname) * ter Horst, Dutch surname * van der Horst, Dutch surname Places Settlements Germany * Hor ...

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) * '' ...

Raoul Retzer Raoul Retzer (1919–1974) was an Austrian actor. Retzer was a prolific film actor appearing in more than a hundred and forty productions between 1952 and 1975 generally in small or supporting roles. He appeared in the 1955 film '' The Last Ten Da ...

* Inge Rassaerts * Renate Rohm * Aina Capell * Josef Hendrichs * Hansi Prinz *

Mona Baptiste Mona Baptiste (21 June 1928 – 25 June 1993) was a Trinidad and Tobago-born singer and actress in London and Germany.Macky Kaspar * Gaby King *

Dalida Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida, was an Italian-French singer and actress born in Egypt. She sang in eleven languages and sold millions of records internationally. Her best known son ...

Alfred Böhm Alfred Böhm (23 March 1920 - 22 September 1995) was an Austrian actor and director. He was the brother of fellow actors Franz Böheim and Carlo Böhm Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: *Carlo (name) *Mont ...

Fatty George Franz Georg Pressler (24 April 1927 – 29 March 1982), known by the stage name Fatty George was an Austrian jazz clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a fl ...

* Habiba *

Sieghardt Rupp Sieghardt Rupp (14 June 1931 – 20 July 2015)Edwin Mellen Press, 2003.

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* 1959 films 1959 crime films German crime films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Wolfgang Glück 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub