''Scandal at the Girls' School'' (german: Skandal im Mädchenpensionat) is a 1953 West German

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directed by Erich Kobler and starring

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and

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.Bock & Bergfelder p. 157 It was made at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Arne Flekstad.

Synopsis

Some men have to dress up in drag in order to hide away in a female boarding school.

Cast

as Paul Heller *

as Josef Freudinger *

as Ferdinand Dorn *

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as Marina von Leithen *

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as Pensionats-Direktorion *

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as Fürst Maximilian *

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as Oberst von Leithen * Karin Andersen as Gerda *

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as Rita *

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as Obergardist Lukasch *

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as Mariechen Dorn * Viktor Afritsch as Sekretär Stieglitz * Helmuth M. Backhaus as Kommentator * Käthe Itter as Frl. Schön *

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as Wirt *

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as Anna Freudinger * Sibylle von Gymnich * Lilli Uhde * Adalbert von Cortens *

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* Wolf Harro *

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as Chansonette * Georg von Block

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1953 films 1953 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Erich Kobler Cross-dressing in film Films set in Europe German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot at Bavaria Studios {{1950s-Germany-film-stub