''Hooray, It's a Boy!'' (german: Hurra – ein Junge!) is a 1953 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
Ernst Marischka
Ernst Marischka (2 January 1893 – 12 May 1963) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 90 films between 1913 and 1962. He also directed 29 films between 1915 and 1962. He wrote and directed the Sissi trilogy ...
and
Georg Jacoby
Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German film director and screenwriter.Profile
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and starring
Walter Müller,
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 ...
, and
Ingrid Lutz
Ingrid Marga Irene Lutz (3 March 1924 – 13 November 2021) was a German film actress. Lutz died on 13 November 2021, at the age of 97.Determined by the Berlin film researcher M. Jahnke in cooperation with R. Kettermann, in 2022. Jahnke found h ...
.
It is one of several film adaptations of the 1926 play of the same name.
It was shot at the
Tempelhof Studios
The Tempelhof Studios are a film studio located in Tempelhof in the German capital of Berlin. They were founded in 1912, during the silent era, by German film pioneer Alfred Duskes, who built a glass-roofed studio on the site with financial bac ...
in
Berlin
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. The film's sets were designed by
Willi Herrmann
Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was a German art director.
Selected filmography
* '' Madness'' (1919)
* '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919)
* '' Jettatore'' (1919)
* '' Humanity Unleashed'' (1920)
* '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921)
* '' The Mahar ...
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 ...
.
Cast
See also
*
''Hooray, It's a Boy!'' (1931 film)
*''
It's a Boy'' (1933 film)
*' (1961 film)
References
External links
*
1953 comedy films
German comedy films
West German films
Films directed by Ernst Marischka
Films directed by Georg Jacoby
Constantin Film films
Remakes of German films
German black-and-white films
Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
1950s German films
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