''I'm Marrying the Director'' (German: ''Ich heirate Herrn Direktor'') is a 1960 Austrian

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

Wolfgang Liebeneiner Wolfgang Georg Louis Liebeneiner (6 October 1905 – 28 November 1987) was a German actor, film director and theatre director. Beginnings He was born in Lubawka, Liebau in Prussian Silesia. In 1928, he was taught by Otto Falckenberg, the directo ...

and starring

Heidelinde Weis Heidelinde Weis (born 17 September 1940 in Villach, Carinthia) is an Austrian actress. Selected filmography * ''I'm Marrying the Director'' (1960) * '' Dead Woman from Beverly Hills'' (1964) * ''Condemned to Sin'' (1964) * '' Don't Tell Me Any S ...

Gerhard Riedmann Gerhard Riedmann (1925–2004) was an Austrian film actor. He was married to the actress Eva Probst. Partial filmography * ''Das andere Leben'' (1948) - (uncredited) * ''Child of the Danube'' (1950) - Bit Part (uncredited) * ' (1951) - Max' Freu ...

and

Hans Söhnker Hans Söhnker (11 October 1903 – 20 April 1981) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1980. He was born in Kiel, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Tsarevich'' (1933) – ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.252 It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Fritz Moegle and Heinz Ockermüller.

Synopsis

An ambitious young stenographer decides she is going to marry the director of her company, and sets out to woo him. However, she eventually meets a man of her own age and realises there is more to life than money.

Cast

as Brigitte *

as Franz Bogner *

as Direktor Georg Stahlmann *

Katharina Mayberg Katharina Mayberg (1925–2007) was a German film and television actress. Partial filmography * ''Gaspary's Sons'' (1948) * ''The Murder Trial of Doctor Jordan'' (1949) * '' The Marriage of Figaro'' (1949) - Barbarina * ''Theodore the Goalkeep ...

as Silvia Roscol *

Susi Nicoletti Susi Nicoletti (3 September 1918 – 5 June 2005) was a Bavarian-born actress best remembered today for over 100 supporting roles mostly in comedy films. She was born as Susanne Emilie Luise Adele Habersack in Munich, but spent most of her childh ...

as Frau von Wittekind *

Senta Berger Senta Verhoeven (née Berger; ''Austrian German:'' , ; born 13 May 1941) is an Austrian-German actress. She received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include three Bambi Awards, two Romys, an Ad ...

as Vera Bleichinger *

Adrienne Gessner Adrienne Gessner (23 July 1896 – 23 June 1987) was an Austrian actress. Gessner appeared in over fifty film and television shows during her career, including the 1955 costume film '. Gessner appeared in a mixture of German and Austrian films dur ...

as Luise Stahlmann *

Wolfgang Jansen Wolfgang Jansen (1938–1988) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''The Sinful Border'' (1951) * ''The Chaste Libertine'' (1952) * '' Fight of the Tertia'' (1952) * ''Turtledove General Delivery'' (1952) * ''Hit Parade'' (1953) * '' Th ...

as Peter Drill *

Fritz Muliar Fritz Muliar, born as Friedrich Ludwig Stand (December 12, 1919 – May 4, 2009), was an Austrian actor who, due to his huge popularity, is often referred to by his countrymen as ''Volksschauspieler''. Biography Born in Neubau, Vienna as the s ...

as Jahn *

Dorothea Neff Dorothea Neff (21 February 1903 – 27 July 1986) was a Vienna stage actress during the 1930s. Neff helped hide her Jewish friend Lilli Wolff, after she received resettlement orders from the Nazis to leave Vienna. To confuse the Gestapo, Neff wrote ...

as Frau Mahnke *

Fritz Hinz-Fabricius Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridoli ...

as Roscol *

Anton Mitterwurzer Anton Mitterwurzer (1818–76) was a German opera singer, a noted baritone interpreter of the works of Gluck, Marschner, and Wagner. Biography Mitterwurzer was born in Sterzing, Tyrol and made his first theatrical appearance at Innsbruck. He was ...

as Arthur Stahlmann * Vera Balser-Eberle as Fräulein Schickedanz * Franz Eichberger as Polizist * Walter Lehr as Polizist *

Walter Regelsberger Walter may refer to: People * 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 Fahrer der Funkstreife *

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 Day ...

as Kellner im Hotel * Rudolf Strobl as Kommissar *

Gustav Knuth Gustav Knuth (7 July 1901 – 1 February 1987) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1935 and 1982 and starred in the TV series '' Alle meine Tiere''. He was married to the actress Elisabeth Lennartz. Selected ...

as Friedrich Kiesberg *

Hannelore Auer Hannelore Auer is an Austrian Schlager singer and film actress who managed the German singer Heino. Personal life Auer was romantically linked with Franz Antel and appeared in the '' Frau Wirtin'' series of the director. In 1968, she married Au ...

as Hannelore Auer *

Karl Farkas Karl Farkas (28 October 1893 – 16 May 1971) was an Austrian actor and cabaret performer. Biography In accordance with the wishes of his parents, he was to study law, but decided to follow the call of the stage. After attending the Academy of ...

as Dr. Spunder

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1960 films Austrian comedy films 1960 comedy films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner Films shot at Schönbrunn Studios {{Austria-film-stub