''Only a Woman'' (german: Ich bin auch nur eine Frau) is a 1962 West German

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed by

Alfred Weidenmann Alfred Weidenmann (10 May 1916 – 9 June 2000) was a German film director, screenwriter, and author of children's books. He directed more than 30 films between 1942 and 1984. Selected filmography * '' Hände hoch (1942) * ' (1944) * ''I a ...

and starring

Maria Schell Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (15 January 1926 – 26 April 2005) was an Austrian-Swiss actress. She was one of the leading stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1954, she was awarded the Cannes Best Actress Award for her performance ...

Paul Hubschmid Paul Hubschmid (; 20 July 1917 – 31 December 2001) was a Swiss actor. He was most notable for his role as Henry Higgins in a production of ''My Fair Lady''. In some of his Hollywood films he used the name Paul Christian. He appeared in dozens ...

and Hans Nielsen.Blaney p.130 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 ...

Helmut Nentwig Helmut Nentwig (1916–2007) was a German art director.Bergfelder p.254 Selected filmography * ''You Can No Longer Remain Silent'' (1955) * ''Bonjour Kathrin (film), Bonjour Kathrin'' (1956) * ''The Simple Girl'' (1957) * ''The Big Chance (1957 ...

. 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; ...

and on location in

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and

West Berlin West Berlin (german: Berlin (West) or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. Although West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany, lacked any sovereignty, and was under mi ...

Plot

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...

s love life becomes confused with that of her patients, due to her own complex issues.

Cast

as Lilli König *

as Martin Bohlen * Hans Nielsen as Dr. Katz, Nervenarzt *

Agnes Windeck Agnes Windeck (; 27 March 1888 – 28 September 1975) was a German theatre and film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1939 and 1973. She was born in Hamburg and started her career at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in 1904. Sh ...

as Wanda, Housekeeper *

Anita Höfer Anita Höfer (born 1944) is a German film and television actress.Cowie & Elley p.150 She has also worked as a voice actress, dubbing foreign films for release in the German market. Selected filmography * '' Via Mala'' (1961) * '' Black Gravel'' ...

as Pauline *

Ingrid van Bergen Ingrid van Bergen (; born 15 June 1931) is a German film actress. She has appeared in 100 films since 1954. She was born in Free City of Danzig, today Gdańsk, Poland. Career Since 1954, Ingrid van Bergen appeared in more than 170 film and tele ...

as Annabella *

Hannelore Auer Hannelore Auer is an Austrian Schlager singer and film actress who managed the German singer Heino. Personal life Auer was romantically linked with Franz Antel and appeared in the '' Frau Wirtin'' series of the director. In 1968, she married Au ...

as Gerda *

Tilly Lauenstein Tilly Lauenstein (1916–2002) was a German film and television actress. She appeared as Gerda Hofer in the b/w tv series "Alle Meine Tiere" as wife of vetenary surgeon Dr. Karl Hofer (Gustav Knuth). Partial filmography * ''Herbstmanöver'' ( ...

as Mrs. Starke *

Frank Glaubrecht Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Cur ...

as Heinz Feldmann *

Michael Hinz Michael Hinz (28 December 1939 – 6 November 2008) was a German actor. Life and career Hinz came from an acting family, his parents were Werner Hinz and Ehmi Bessel, both actors, as well as his brother Knut and half-sister Dinah. After g ...

Margarete Knitsch Margarete is a German feminine given name. It is derived from Ancient Greek ''margarites'' (μαργαρίτης), meaning "the pearl". Via the Latin ''margarita'', it arrived in the German sprachraum. Related names in English include Daisy, G ...

as Lollo *

Ulli Lommel Ulli Lommel (21 December 1944 – 2 December 2017) was a German actor and director, noted for his many collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder and his association with the New German Cinema movement. Lommel spent time at The Factory and was ...

Friedrich Schoenfelder Friedrich Schoenfelder (17 October 1916 – 14 August 2011) was a German actor and voice artist. Schoenfelder was born in Sorau/Lower Lusatia and died in Berlin. He was 94. He was the German dubbing voice of David Niven and Vincent Price. In th ...

as Kellner * Ingeborg Sonsalla as Gitta *

Hilde Volk Hilde Volk (1912–1995) was an Austrian actress who worked extensively on stage and in radio. Later in her career she attained wider recognition for her co-starring role in the ARD crime television series ''Sun, Wine and Hard Nuts''. She appeare ...

as Frau Feldmann

References

Bibliography

* Martin Blaney. ''Symbiosis Or Confrontation?: The Relationship Between the Film Industry and Television in the Federal Republic of Germany from 1950 to 1985''. Edition Sigma, 1992.

External links

* 1962 films 1962 romantic comedy films German romantic comedy films West German films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Alfred Weidenmann Gloria Film films Films shot at Spandau Studios 1960s German films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub