''Ideal Woman Sought'' (German: ''Ideale Frau gesucht'') is a 1952 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

Franz Antel Franz Antel (28 June 1913 – 11 August 2007) was a veteran Austrian filmmaker. Born in Vienna, Antel worked mainly as a film producer in the interwar years. After World War II, he began writing and directing films on a large scale. In the ...

and starring

Inge Egger Inge Egger (27 August 1923 – 5 September 1976) was an Austrian stage, television and film actress. She played the female lead in the 1953 operetta film Operetta films (German: Operettenfilm) are a genre of musical films associated with, but n ...

Jeanette Schultze Jeanette Schultze (1931–1972) was a German film actress. She played leading roles in a number of post-war Austrian and West German films such as '' Martina'' (1949) and '' A Night in Venice'' (1953).Goble p.446 Several of her appearances were in ...

and

Waltraut Haas Waltraut Haas (born 9 June 1927) is an Austrian actress and singer. Born in Vienna, Haas grew up at Schloss Schönbrunn, where her mother was a restaurateur. Haas made her stage debut in Linz but was soon won over to the big screen. She achieved ...

.Dassanowsky p.151 It was made at the

Schönbrunn Studios The Schönbrunn Studios were film studios located in the Austrian capital Vienna in the grounds of the Schönbrunn Palace. It took over the site of the old palm house, which had been replaced by the newer Palmenhaus Schönbrunn in the 1880s. Esta ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

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 Wom ...

Cast

as Irene Mertens *

as Ruth *

as Luise *

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 Chérie *

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 Robby Holm *

Gunther Philipp Gunther Philipp (8 June 1918 – 2 October 2003) was an Austrian film actor, physician and swimmer. From 1949 to 2002 he appeared as an actor in 147 movies for cinema and television, mainly in comic roles. As an author, Philipp wrote 21 film scr ...

as Stefan Blitz *

Oskar Sima Oskar Sima (31 July 1896 – 24 June 1969) was an Austrian actor who is best remembered for appearing in supporting roles in countless comedy films from the 1930s to the 1960s. Born in Hohenau an der March, Lower Austria, Sima attended high sch ...

as Bierhaus *

Rudolf Carl Rudolf Carl (19 June 189915 January 1987) was an Austrian actor who appeared in more than 150 German language films between 1934 and 1969. He also directed two films '' Der Leberfleck'' and '' Dort in der Wachau''. Selected filmography * '' Poli ...

as Krappl *

Cornelia Froboess Cornelia Froboess (; born 28 October 1943) is a German actress and a teen idol of the 1950s and early 1960s. During that time, Froboess appeared in many West German and Austrian musical films, especially after the rock and roll wave had hit Germa ...

as Cornelia, Sängerin * Fritz von Friedl as Peter *

Ilse Peternell Ilse Peternell (2 December 1928 – 30 April 2011) was an Austrian actress who appeared in more than forty films during her career. During the 1940s and 1950 she played female leads in films such as '' Winter Melody'' (1947). She gradually switch ...

as Isolde *

Jutta Bornemann Jutta Bornemann (October 26, 1920 – January 20, 1999) was an Austrian actress and writer.Dassanowsky p.151 Selected filmography Screenwriter * '' The Mine Foreman'' (1952) * '' Ideal Woman Sought'' (1952) * ''The Emperor Waltz'' (1953) * ''Dar ...

as Frl. Wurm *

Hilde Jaeger Hilde may refer to: *Hilde (given name) * ''Hilde'' (film), a 2009 German biopic film * MV ''Hilde'', a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker *Tom Hilde (born 1987), Norwegian ski jumper Characters *Hilde (Soulcalibur), a character in the ''Soul'' series ...

as Frl. Aufrecht * Peter Preses as Dir. Maier *

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 Gigantino * Hellmuth Schönemaker *

Otto Stuppacher Otto Stuppacher (3 March 1947 – 13 August 2001) was a racing driver from Vienna, Austria. He competed in hill-climbs and sports car racing before entering 3 Formula One Grands Prix with the ÖASC Racing Team in , with a Tyrrell 007. He was ...

Theodor Grieg Theodor is a masculine given name. It is a German form of Theodore. It is also a variant of Teodor. List of people with the given name Theodor * Theodor Adorno, (1903–1969), German philosopher * Theodor Aman, Romanian painter * Theodor Blueg ...

Rita Paul Rita Brigitte Paul (2 December 1928 in Berlin, Germany - 27 March 2021 in Berlin, Germany) was a German singer and film actress.Shandley p.212 Selected filmography * ''Scandal at the Embassy'' (1950) * ''The Man in Search of Himself'' (1950) * ...

as Singer

References

Bibliography

* Dassanowsky, Robert. ''Austrian Cinema: A History''. McFarland, 2005.

External links

* 1952 films 1952 comedy films Austrian comedy films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Franz Antel Films shot at Schönbrunn Studios Constantin Film films Austrian black-and-white films {{musical-film-stub