''My Niece Susanne'' (german: Meine Nichte Susanne) is a 1950 West German
musical comedy film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...
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
Hilde Krahl
Hilde Krahl (10 January 1917 – 28 June 1999) was an Austrian film actress. She appeared in 70 films between 1936 and 1994. She was born Hildegard Kolačný in Brod, Austria-Hungary (now Slavonski Brod, Croatia) in 1917, and she died in Vien ...
,
Inge Meysel
Inge Meysel (; 30 May 1910 – 10 July 2004) was a German actress. From the early 1960s until her death, Meysel was one of Germany's most popular actresses. She had a successful stage career and played more than 100 roles in film and on televisio ...
and
Harald Paulsen
Harald Paulsen (26 August 1895 – 4 August 1954) was a German stage and film actor and director. He appeared in 125 films between 1920 and 1954.
Career
Paulsen first appeared on stage at age sixteen. He then studied under from Leopold Jessner, ...
.
It is set in
Paris
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at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Production
It is based on an operetta of the same title written by
Hans Adler Hans Adler may refer to:
* Hans Adler (poet) (1880–1957), German poet
* Hans Adler (business), food industry business
* Hans G. Adler (1904–1979), musician, musicologist and collector in South Africa
* H. G. Adler (1910–1988), German writer
* ...
(based on
Eugène Labiche
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Géza von Bolváry
Géza von Bolváry (born Géza Gyula Mária Bolváry Zahn, german: Géza Maria von Bolváry-Zahn; 26 December 1897 – 10 August 1961) was a Hungarians, Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Aust ...
.
It was shot at the
Göttingen Studios
The Göttingen Studios were film studios located in the German city of Göttingen. The studios were established in 1948 on a site that had previously been used as an aeroplane hangar on the outskirts of Göttingen. The studios were founded by the ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director Walter Haag
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Selected filmography
* ''The Private Life of Louis XIV'' (19 ...
.
Cast
*
Hilde Krahl
Hilde Krahl (10 January 1917 – 28 June 1999) was an Austrian film actress. She appeared in 70 films between 1936 and 1994. She was born Hildegard Kolačný in Brod, Austria-Hungary (now Slavonski Brod, Croatia) in 1917, and she died in Vien ...
as Susanne de Montebello
*
Inge Meysel
Inge Meysel (; 30 May 1910 – 10 July 2004) was a German actress. From the early 1960s until her death, Meysel was one of Germany's most popular actresses. She had a successful stage career and played more than 100 roles in film and on televisio ...
as Blanche, ihre Freundin
*Ingrid Pankow as Nina, ihre Zofe
*
Harald Paulsen
Harald Paulsen (26 August 1895 – 4 August 1954) was a German stage and film actor and director. He appeared in 125 films between 1920 and 1954.
Career
Paulsen first appeared on stage at age sixteen. He then studied under from Leopold Jessner, ...
as Jean
*Gerd Martienzen as Eusebius
*
Karl Schönböck
Karl Schönböck (4 February 1909 in Vienna – 24 March 2001 in Munich) was an Austrian actor.Carl-Heinz Schroth
Carl-Heinz Schroth (29 June 1902 – 19 July 1989) was a German actor and film director. He appeared in 60 films between 1931 and 1989. He also directed seven films between 1953 and 1963. He was born in Innsbruck, Austria, to Else Ruttersh ...
as Pedro, sein Diener
*
Hans Leibelt
Hans Leibelt (11 March 1885 in Leipzig, German Empire – 3 December 1974 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Heimliche Sünder'' (1926)
* '' The False Prince'' (1927)
* ''The Man in Search of His Mur ...
as Gratin, Zahnarzt
*
Alice Treff
Alice Martha Treff (4 June 1906 – 8 February 2003) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 120 films between 1932 and 2001. She was born and died in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' ...
as Frau Gratin
*Käte Pontow as Bathilde
*
Werner Finck
Werner Finck (2 May 1902 – 31 July 1978) was a German ''Kabarett'' comedian, actor and author. Not politically motivated by his own admission but just a "convinced individualist", he became one of Germany's leading cabaret artists under the co ...
as Dubouton
*
Hubert von Meyerinck
Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (23 August 1896 – 13 May 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1970.
Biography
Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858 ...
as Oscar, Friseur
References
External links
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1950 musical comedy films
West German films
Films directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Films set in Paris
1950s historical comedy films
Films based on operettas
Films based on adaptations
German historical comedy films
German historical musical films
German black-and-white films
1950s German films
Films shot at Göttingen Studios
1950s German-language films
1950s historical musical films
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