''I Was All His'' (german: Ich war ihm hörig) is a 1958 West German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Wolfgang Becker and starring

Barbara Rütting Barbara Rütting (21 November 1927 – 28 March 2020)Carlos Thompson Juan Carlos Mundin-Schaffter, known as Carlos Thompson, (7 June 1923 – 10 October 1990) was an Argentine actor. Career Of German and Swiss descent, he played leading roles on stage and in films in Argentina. He went to Hollywood in the 1950s ...

and

Wolfgang Preiss Wolfgang Preiss (27 February 1910 – 27 November 2002) was a German theatre, film and television actor. The son of a teacher, Preiss studied philosophy, German, and drama in the early 1930s. He also took private acting classes with Hans Schlen ...

.Film Directors Guide p.15 It was shot at the Carlton Studios in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director

Wolf Englert Wolf Englert (1924–1997) was a German painter and art director who designed the sets of a number of German films and television series.Herzogenrath p.308 Selected filmography * '' Hubertus Castle'' (1954) * '' The Sinful Village'' (1954) * '' ...

Cast

as Nikolei Stein *

as Dr. Leipold *

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) * ...

as Kätzchen *

Corny Collins Corny Collins (born 1933) is a former German stage, film and television actress.Bergfelder p.259 She was married to the actor Christian Wolff. Selected filmography * ''Voyage to Italy, Complete with Love'' (1958) * ''Father, Mother and Nine Ch ...

as Renate *

Siegfried Lowitz Siegfried Lowitz (22 September 1914 – 27 June 1999) was a German actor. Born in Berlin, he played the Hauptkommissar ''Erwin Köster'' in the German television drama '' Der Alte''. Prior to his tenure as Hauptkommissar, he played a killer ...

as Herr Hinze *

Lina Carstens Lina Carstens (6 December 1892 in Wiesbaden – 22 September 1978 in Munich) was a German film and theater actress. On stage she appeared in plays by Gerhart Hauptmann, Arthur Schnitzler, and August Strindberg, and in her old age she starred in the ...

as Frau Mertens *

Lukas Ammann Lukas Ammann (29 September 1912 – 3 May 2017) was a Swiss actor who appeared mainly in German and Swiss films and television shows. He continued to work steadily for over 60 years. He is best known for his title role in the German televi ...

as Dessouki * Michl Lang as Herr Mertens * Maria Stadler as Lene

References

Bibliography

* James Robert Parish. ''Film Directors Guide: Western Europe''. Scarecrow Press, 1976.

External links

* 1958 films West German films German drama films 1958 drama films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Wolfgang Becker (director, born 1910) 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub