''No Kissing Under Water'' (German: ''Unter Wasser küßt man nicht'') is a 1962 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 Erich Heindl and starring

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 ...

Evi Kent Evi Kent (born 1939) was a Czech-born German film, stage and television actress and also enjoyed some success as a singer. She was born in Brünn in Czechoslovakia, shortly before it was Occupied by Germany. She later settled in West Germany f ...

and Rolf Olsen.Von Dassanowsky p.184 The film's sets were designed by the

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Hans Zehetner.

Location shooting Location shooting is the shooting of a film or television production in a real-world setting rather than a sound stage or backlot. The location may be interior or exterior. The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for exam ...

took place in

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

and

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

Synopsis

The owner of a large

bank A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Because ...

has funded an underwater expedition

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the e ...

but is angry when he discovers that his daughter has joined the expedition. He hires an incompetent

private detective A private investigator (often abbreviated to PI and informally called a private eye), a private detective, or inquiry agent is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private investigators of ...

to track her down and bring her home to Austria.

Cast

as Lutz Blitz *

as Elfie, daughter of the bank director * Gerry Hytha as Expeditionsleiter * Rolf Olsen as Lagopoulos *

Herbert Prikopa Herbert "Happi" Prikopa (30 November 1935 – 8 December 2015) was an Austrian television presenter, Conducting, conductor, operatic tenor, actor, composer, writer, pianist and cabaret artist. Life and career Born in Vienna, in 1935, at the age ...

as Hafenmeister * Silvana Sansoni as Elfie, Expeditionsteilnehmerin *

Fritz Heller 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 Fridolin an ...

as Kaiser, Präsident der CDF-Bank

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1962 films Austrian comedy films 1962 comedy films 1960s German-language films Films shot in Greece Films shot in Italy {{Austria-film-stub