''Schützenliesel'' is a 1954 West German period

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directed by Rudolf Schündler and starring

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and

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.Goble p.149 It is based on an operetta of the same title. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin and on location at

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and the Lautersee in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Karl Weber and

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Synopsis

In a small Bavarian town at the beginning of the twentieth century, pretty young Gretl is in love with a

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despite the disapproval of her father. He resents the young man because he is the son of a woman who once spurned him. Things come to a head at the

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, after the guard courageously rounds up a gang of smugglers.

Cast

as Gretl (Schützenliesel) *

as Stefan Brandner *

as Josef Mooshammer *

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as Baron von Simmering * Susi Nicoletti as Cornelia *

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as Eduard Steinhagen *

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as Christa – Tochter von Steinhagen * Peter W. Staub as Norbert Feldmaier * Käthe Haack as Therese Brandner *

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as Mathilde – Schwester von Steinhagen *

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as Hoteldirektor Wurzbach *

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as Kaspar

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1954 films 1954 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Rudolf Schündler 1950s German films Operetta films Films based on operettas Films shot at Spandau Studios Films shot in Bavaria 1950s historical films German historical films Films set in the 1900s Films set in Bavaria Films scored by Edmund Eysler Films scored by Herbert Trantow {{1950s-Germany-film-stub