''Robert and Bertram'' (german: Robert und Bertram) is a 1961 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
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
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1897 births
1969 deaths
German male film actors
German television dire ...
and starring
Willy Millowitsch
Willy Millowitsch (, ; 8 January 1909 – 20 September 1999) was a German stage and TV actor and the director of the ''Volkstheater Millowitsch'' in Cologne.
Early life
Millowitsch was born in Cologne, Rhine Province. His parents were Peter ...
,
Vico Torriani
Vico Torriani (September 21, 1920 in Geneva as Ludovico Oxens Torriani – February 25, 1998 in Agno, Ticino) was a Swiss actor and '' Schlager'' singer.
Life
Born in Geneva to a family of Lombard origin, Torriani grew up in St. Moritz where ...
and
Trude Herr
Trude Herr (; 4 May 1927 – 16 March 1991) was a German film actress, singer and theatre owner.Weisser p. 289 She was an entertainer in Germany from the early 1960s until her retirement.
Early life
Trude Herr was born in the Cologne district ...
. It was inspired by the characters in Gustav Raeder's 1856 play ''
Robert and Bertram'', update to the modern era. Two vagabonds, Robert and Bertram, are hired by a shoe company to walk 500
kilometre
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s to test their new product.
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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
Berlin
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and
on location in the Bavarian town of
Eichstätt
Eichstätt () is a town in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district of Eichstätt. It is located on the Altmühl river and has a population of around 13,000. Eichstätt is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Paul Markwitz
Paul Markwitz (16 July 1908 – 19 March 1968)Kay Weniger: Das große Personenlexikon des Films Volume 5, Berlin 2001, , pg. 281f was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. He worked on over 50 films between 1935 and ...
and
Wilhelm Vorwerg
Wilhelm Vorwerg (1899–1990) was a German art director who designed the sets for over fifty films including a number of Rialto Film's series of Edgar Wallace adaptations in the 1960s.Bergfelder p.256
Selected filmography
* '' In the Name of the ...
.
Cast
*
Willy Millowitsch
Willy Millowitsch (, ; 8 January 1909 – 20 September 1999) was a German stage and TV actor and the director of the ''Volkstheater Millowitsch'' in Cologne.
Early life
Millowitsch was born in Cologne, Rhine Province. His parents were Peter ...
as Robert Ziegel
*
Vico Torriani
Vico Torriani (September 21, 1920 in Geneva as Ludovico Oxens Torriani – February 25, 1998 in Agno, Ticino) was a Swiss actor and '' Schlager'' singer.
Life
Born in Geneva to a family of Lombard origin, Torriani grew up in St. Moritz where ...
as Bertram Weiler
*
Trude Herr
Trude Herr (; 4 May 1927 – 16 March 1991) was a German film actress, singer and theatre owner.Weisser p. 289 She was an entertainer in Germany from the early 1960s until her retirement.
Early life
Trude Herr was born in the Cologne district ...
as Klara Ziegel
*Marlies Behrens as Yvonne Berger
*
Helen Vita
Helen Vita (7 August 1928 in Hohenschwangau – 16 February 2001 in Berlin) was a Swiss chanson singer, actress, and comedian. In 1966 Vita recorded ''Freche Chansons aus dem alten Frankreich'', traditional French chansons translated into German. T ...
as Mieze Frühling
*
Erwin Strahl
Erwin Strahl (12 February 1929 – 20 April 2011) was an Austrian actor. From 1966 until his death, he was married to Austrian actress Waltraut Haas
Waltraut Haas (born 9 June 1927) is an Austrian actress and singer.
Born in Vienna, Haas grew ...
as Franco
*
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 Detective Commissioner Wolf
*
Ralf Wolter
Ralf Wolter (26 November 1926 – 14 October 2022) was a German stage and screen actor. Wolter appeared in nearly 220 films and television series in his over 60 years as a character actor.
Life and career
Wolter began his long career on the B ...
as Toni Knauer
*
Margarete Haagen
Margarete Haagen (29 November 1889 – 19 November 1966) was a German stage and film actress. Haagen appeared in over a hundred films during her career, generally in character roles. She specialised in playing good-natured elderly ladies. Fol ...
as old lady in the car
*
Arno Paulsen
Arno Paulsen (1900–1969) was a German actor who appeared in around sixty films in the post-Second World War years. He also appeared frequently on stage and was also a voice actor dubbing foreign films for release in Germany. He appeared in a mix ...
as Direktor Malina
*
Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann
Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann (1906–1988) was a German stage, television and film actor.Cowie p.154 He was married to the actress Marianne Pohlenz.
Selected filmography
* '' The Black Forest Girl'' (1950) - Staubig, Buchhalter
* ''Herzen im Sturm'' (19 ...
as policeman
*
Erich Fiedler
Erich Fiedler (15 March 1901 – 19 May 1981) was a German film actor. He was the German dubbing voice of Robert Morley.
Selected filmography
* ''The Escape to Nice'' (1932)
* ''Overnight Sensation'' (1932)
* '' Marion, That's Not Nice'' (1933)
...
as Dr. Abendroth
*
Kurt Waitzmann
Kurt Waitzmann (30 January 1905 – 21 May 1985) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1937 and 1969.
Selected filmography
* ''Unternehmen Michael'' (1937) - Oblt. Weber
* '' Urlaub auf Ehrenwort'' (1938) - Gef ...
as Dr. Sommerfeld
*
Johanna König
Johanna König (27 March 1921 – 3 March 2009) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1952 and 1999. König was born in Leipzig, Germany and died in Berlin on 3 March 2009.
Selected filmography
* ...
as Fräulein Sellner
*
Franz Schneider as Kegelbruder Franz
*Josef Tilgen as Kegelbruder Hans
*
Egon Vogel
Egon Vogel (1908–1993) was a German stage, television and film actor.Giesen p.190 A character actor he amassed over a hundred credits during his career, some of them in minor parts.
Selected filmography Film
* ''Boccaccio'' (1936)
* '' The Der ...
as Kegelbruder Willi
*Lotti Krekel as Dagmar, hitchhiker
*Anja Brüning as Gisela, hitchhiker
References
External links
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West German films
1961 comedy films
German comedy films
Films directed by Hans Deppe
German films based on plays
Remakes of German films
Films shot at Spandau Studios
1960s German-language films
1960s German films
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