''Sensation in San Remo'' is a 1951 West German
musical comedy film directed by
Georg Jacoby and starring
Marika Rökk,
Peter Pasetti and
Ewald Balser. It was one of Rökk's most successful post-war films.
[Marshall, Bill & Stillwell, Robynn. ''Musicals: Hollywood and Beyond''. Intellect Books, 2000. p. 85. .] The film is partly set at the
Sanremo Festival in
Italy. It was shot at the Bendestorf Studios with
location shooting taking place on the
Italian Riviera in the vicinity of
Sanremo. It was made in
Agfacolor. 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 ...
Erich Kettelhut.
Synopsis
Cornelia is a respectable but prudish
teacher in a girls' school by day and a night a performer in
nightclubs. She has only taken this second job in order to raise money to help her family, but keeps it secret from both them and her
headmaster. Cornelia falls in love with a young
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
and accompanies him on a tour of the Italian
resorts, where she encounters her headmaster who is there attending a
conference
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Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always decisions, are the main p ...
.
Cast
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Marika Rökk as Cornelia
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Peter Pasetti as Valenta
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Ewald Balser as Prof. Feldmann
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Elisabeth Markus as Prof. Feldmann's wife
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Petra Unkel as Barbara
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Walter Giller as Ernst
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Otto Gebühr as director Koch
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Dorit Kreysler
Dorit Kreysler (1909–1999) was an Austrian film actress.Goble p.338
Filmography
* '' Enjoy Yourselves'' (1934)
* ''Mr. Kobin Seeks Adventure'' (1934)
* ''Jungfrau gegen Mönch'' (1934)
* ''Fresh Wind from Canada'' (1935)
* '' A Night on the D ...
as Lydia Leer
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Gertrud Wolle as Frau Koch
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Harald Paulsen as manager Kastillioni
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Arno Assmann as theater director Nahrhaft
*Horst Beck as Det. Lobgesang
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Helmut Peine
Helmut Peine (1902–1970) was a German film, radio and television actor.
In 1961 he played the title role in the four-part television crime series ''Inspector Hornleigh Intervenes''.Compart p.182
Selected filmography
* ''Only One Night'' (1950)
...
as school servant
*Justus Ott as antiquarian
*Harry Gondi as Geschaeftsberater in der Bar
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Inge Meysel as secretary
*Jutta Petrikowsky as nurse
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Austin Carlile as Squidgy
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Maria Litto Maria Litto (1919–1996) was a German ballet dancer, choreographer and film actress. In 1970, she pioneered dance programming on German television.
Early life
Born in Ovenhausen, Höxter, on 9 September 1919, Litto attended the town's primary an ...
as Dancer
References
Bibliography
* Bruns, Jana Francesca . ''Nazi Cinema's New Women: Marika Roekk, Zarah Leander, Kristina Soederbaum''. Stanford University, 2002.
External links
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West German films
German musical comedy films
1951 musical comedy films
Films directed by Georg Jacoby
Films set in Italy
Films about singers
1950s German films
Films shot in Italy
1950s German-language films
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