''Josef the Chaste'' (german: Der keusche Josef) 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

Carl Boese Carl Eduard Hermann Boese (; 26 August 1887 – 6 July 1958) was a German film director, screenwriter, and film producer, producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957. Selected filmography * ''Farmer Borchardt'' (1917) * ''Donna Lucia ...

and starring

Ludwig Schmitz Ludwig Schmitz (January 28, 1884 – June 28, 1954) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than forty films during his career including the 1951 comedy '' The Heath Is Green''. He was part of the popular comedy duo Tran and Helle along with ...

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 ...

and

Renate Mannhardt Renate Mannhardt (1920–2013) was a German actress. She starred in Peter Lorre Peter Lorre (; born László Löwenstein, ; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, first in Europe and later in the United States ...

.Parish, James Robert & Canham, Kingsley. ''Film directors guide - Western Europe''. Scarecrow Press, 1976. p. 27. It is not a remake of '' Josef the Chaste'' (1930) with

Harry Liedtke Harry Liedtke (12 October 1882 – 28 April 1945) was a German film actor. Early life Liedtke was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a merchant as the seventh out of 12 children. After the death of his father in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage ...

Cast

as Josef Haselhuhn *

as Hilde Wolf *

as Pussy Angor *

Peter Mosbacher Peter Mosbacher (1912–1977) was a German stage, film and television actor.Goble p.252 Selected filmography * ''Melody of a Great City'' (1943) * '' The Last Night'' (1949) * ''The Prisoner'' (1949) * ''Two Times Lotte'' (1950) * ''Harbour Mel ...

as Georg Schilling *

Lucie Englisch Lucie Englisch (8 February 1902, in Baden bei Wien – 12 October 1965) was an Austrian actress. She was married to the actor Heinrich Fuchs. Selected filmography * ''The Night Belongs to Us'' (1929) * ''Three Days Confined to Barracks'' (1930 ...

as Emilie Haselhuhn *

Ernst Waldow Ernst Waldow (22 August 1893 – 5 June 1964) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Rübezahl's Wedding'' (1916) * '' Sin of a Beautiful Woman'' (1929) *''The Green Domino'' (1935 ...

as director Wolf *

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 Teddy Brand *

Ewald Wenck Ewald Wenck (28 December 1891 – 3 April 1981) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 230 films and television shows between 1919 and 1978. Selected filmography * ''We Stick Together Through Thick and Thin'' (1929) * ''Spoiling the ...

as Knispel *

Herbert Kiper Herbert Kiper (1897–1978) was a German stage and film actor.Körner p.370 Selected filmography * ''Dancer of Death'' (1920) * '' Without Meyer, No Celebration is Complete'' (1931) * '' Duty Is Duty'' (1931) * '' Quartet of Five'' (1949) * '' He ...

as Weber *

Alexa von Porembsky Alexa von Porembsky (5 June 1906 - 18 August 1981) was a Hungarian-born German actress. Selected filmography * ''Leontine's Husbands'' (1928) * ''Woman in the Moon'' (1929) - Eine Veilchenverkäuferin * ''Road to Rio'' (1931) - Die Unerfahrene ...

as Lotte Müller *Karin Von Dassel as Babette *Elena Luber as Marlise Haselhuhn *

Erich Kestin Erich Kestin (25 June 1895 – 22 May 1969) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 50 films shows between 1930 and 1953. Selected filmography * ''Dolly Gets Ahead'' (1930) * '' The Tiger Murder Case'' (1930) * ''The Stolen Face'' (19 ...

as Martens *

Erwin Biegel Erwin Friedrich Richard Biegel (25 March 1896 – 24 May 1954) was a German stage and film actor who appeared in over eighty feature films in a variety of supporting roles. Selected filmography * '' The Young Count'' (1935) * '' His Late Excell ...

* Bruno Fritz as Bruckmann *

Clemens Hasse Clemens Hasse (13 April 1908 – 28 July 1959) was a German actor and synchroniser. Biography Hasse was born in Königsberg, East Prussia to a public official and attended his stage education at the ''Preussisches Staatstheater'' in Berlin. Be ...

as Schmaltollen-Emil *

Paul Heidemann Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity * Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

as bar director *

Friedel Hensch Friedel or Friedl is a Southern German diminutive variation of the surname Fried - or alternately, a diminutive of Elfriede - and may refer to: Four French scientists with the same Friedel family name are in direct lineage, Charles, Georges, ...

as singer * Werner Müller as bandleader

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* 1953 comedy films German comedy films West German films Films directed by Carl Boese German films based on plays Constantin Film films German black-and-white films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub

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