''Not Without Gisela'' (german: link=no, Es geht nicht ohne Gisela) is a 1951 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

Hans Deppe Hans Deppe (; 12 November 1897 – 23 September 1969) was a German actor and film director. Filmography As director As actor References External links * 1897 births 1969 deaths German male film actors German television dire ...

and starring

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 ...

Eva Ingeborg Scholz Eva Ingeborg Scholz (16 February 1928 – 21 March 2022) was a German film and television actress. Biography Eva Ingeborg Scholz made her debut in the title role of the 1948 film ''1-2-3 Corona'' and appeared regularly in films over the follow ...

and

Hilde Sessak Hilde Sessak (27 July 1915 – 17 April 2003) was a German actress who appeared in more than ninety film and television series during her career. She appeared in a number of films during the Nazi era including ''Quax the Crash Pilot'' (1941).Rei ...

.Bliersbach p. 49 It was shot at the

Spandau Studios The Spandau Studios or CCC Studios were film and television studios located in Spandau, a suburb of Berlin. They were established in 1949 following the Second World War by the producer Artur Brauner Artur "Atze" Brauner (born Abraham Brauner; ...

in West Berlin and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the

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Emil Hasler Emil Hasler (November 8, 1901 – January 15, 1986) was a German art director who worked on more than a hundred films during his career. These included a number of Weimar classics such as ''Diary of a Lost Girl, M'' and ''The Blue Angel''.Prawe ...

Synopsis

A young inventor who believes he can radically improve television faces some difficulties, but is assisted by the reporter Gisela who does much to refine and promote his project.

Cast

as Robert Halm *

Horst Gentzen Horst may refer to: Science * Horst (geology), a raised fault block bounded by normal faults or graben People * Horst (given name) * Horst (surname) * ter Horst, Dutch surname * van der Horst, Dutch surname Places Settlements Germany * Hor ...

as Sein Freund Pitt *

as Gisela Düren, eine junge Studentin *

Edith Schneider Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English words ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. Contractions and vari ...

as Trixi *

as Melanie, Tänzerin * Aribert Wäscher as Mertens, Finanzier *

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 Hartwig – Regisseur *

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 Werner Finck *

Paul Wagner Paul Alan Wagner (born November 14, 1967) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1992–1997), Milwaukee Brewers (1997–1998), and Cleveland Indians (1999). Amateur career Wagner at ...

as Direktor Brennert *

Kurt Vespermann Kurt Vespermann (1 May 1887 – 13 July 1957) was a German stage and film actor. Career Vespermann was born into an actor's family in Culmsee, West Prussia, Imperial Germany today Chełmża, Poland. Already his great-grandparents were ac ...

as Prokurist Braun *

Ann Höling Ann Höling (1925–2005) was a German stage, film and television actress.Orbanz p.216 Selected filmography * ''Chemistry and Love'' (1948) * '' Und wieder 48'' (1948) * ''Anonymous Letters'' (1949) * '' Unknown Sender'' (1950) * ''Not Without G ...

as Dore – ihre Freundin *

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 Unerfahre ...

as Lottchen Zwieback *

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 Murd ...

as Bankier Werner *

Olga Limburg Olga Limburg (5 April 1881 – 7 March 1970) was a German theater and film actress. She began her artistic career in 1901 with a commitment at the Municipal Theatre of Poznan. Since 1902, she played at several of Berlin's leading theaters includi ...

as Seine Mutter *

Rolf Weih Rolf Weih (1906–1969) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Flachsmann the Educator'' (1930) * '' Comrades at Sea'' (1938) * '' Alarm at Station III'' (1939) * '' In the Name of the People'' (1939) * '' The Governor'' (1939) * ''Ala ...

as Ricardo *

Otto Braml Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ...

as Dr. Schreiber – Lawyer *

Werner Schott Werner Schott (20 November 1891, in Berlin – 6 September 1965) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Gefesselt'' (1920) - Allan * ''Das vierte Gebot'' (1920) - Weltpriester Eduard * ''Wie Satan starb'' (1920) * ''Golgatha'' (1920) - Jos ...

as Chefredakteur * Christiane Jansen as Marion * Liselotte Köster as Sohn & Ballettteil * Jockel Stahl as Vater & Balletteil * Das Ballett der Städtischen Oper Berlin as Ballett * Erwin Bredow as Ballett *

Maria Corelli Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...

as Opern-Teil: Sängerin * Diana Eustrati as Opernteil: Sängerin * Gerhard Frei as Opernteil: Sänger * Maria Fris as Ballett *

Paul Schmidtmann 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 Opernteil: Sänger *

Rudolf Schock Rudolf Johann Schock (4 September 1915 – 13 November 1986) was a German tenor. Rudolf Schock was born in Duisburg, in the Prussian Rhine Province. He sang a wide repertoire from operetta to ''Lohengrin'', recording among others opera and lieder, ...

as Opernteil: Sänger *

Rita Streich Rita Streich (18 December 192020 March 1987) was one of the most admired and recorded lyric coloratura sopranos of the post-war period. Biography Rita Streich was born in Barnaul, southern Siberia, in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Repu ...

as Opernteil: Sängerin * Margo Ufer as Ballett *

Hans Wocke Hans Wocke born August 2, 1908 in Danzig was a German airplane designer. He was the chief developer of Junkers (JFM AG) during World War II. One of Wocke's major work was the development of the Junkers Ju 287 wing design since autumn 1942. Wocke ...

as Opernteil: Sänger

References

Bibliography

* Gerhard Bliersbach. ''So grün war die Heide: der deutsche Nachkriegsfilm in neuer Sicht''. Beltz, 1985.

External links

* 1951 films West German films German musical comedy films 1951 musical comedy films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Hans Deppe German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot in Berlin Films shot at Spandau Studios {{musical-comedy-film-stub