''Snow White and the Seven Jugglers'' (German: ''Schneewittchen und die sieben Gaukler'') is a 1962 Swiss-West German

musical comedy film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...

directed by

Kurt Hoffmann Kurt Hoffmann (12 November 1910 – 25 June 2001) was a German film director, the son of Carl Hoffmann. He directed 48 films between 1938 and 1971. He ran a production company Independent Film along with Heinz Angermeyer. His 1958 film ''W ...

and starring

Caterina Valente Caterina Valente (born 14 January 1931) is a French multilingual singer, guitarist, and dancer of Italian ethnicity. Valente is a polyglot; she speaks six languages, and sings in eleven. While she is best known as a performer in Europe, Valente ...

Walter Giller Walter Giller (23 August 1927 – 15 December 2011) was a German actor. He was very successful in the 1950s and 1960s, when he was often seen as a comedic leading man. One of his most successful and more serious roles was in ''Roses for the Pros ...

and

Georg Thomalla Georg Thomalla (14 February 1915 – 25 August 1999) was a German actor. He appeared in about one hundred fifty film and television productions between 1939 and 2000 and was widely known in Germany for his comedic roles. Thomalla was well k ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.208 It was shot at the

Bavaria Studios Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film. History The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Firs ...

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

. 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 ...

Hertha Hareiter Hertha Hareiter (1923 - 2015) was an Austrian art director.Bolam & Bolam p.158 She designed the sets for a number of films in the postwar years. She was married to the fellow set designer Otto Pischinger and often collaborated with him. Selected ...

and

Otto Pischinger Otto Pischinger (1919–1976) was an Austrian art director who designed the sets for a large number of films during his career. In 1955 he worked on '' The Last Ten Days''.Silberman p.243 He was married to Hertha Hareiter, also an art director, un ...

Cast

as Dr. Anita Rossi *

as Norbert Lang, Hotelier *

Hanne Wieder Hanne Wieder (May 8, 1925 – May 11, 1990) was a German television and film actress. Selected filmography * ''Rosemary'' (1958) * '' Heiße Ware'' (1959) * ''Labyrinth'' (1959) * '' Marili'' (1959) * '' The Haunted Castle'' (1960) * ' (1961) * ...

as Ines del Mar *

as Clown Lukas *

Rudolf Rhomberg Rudolf Rhomberg (1 February 1920 - 6 June 1968) was an Austrian film actor. Partial filmography * ''Two Times Lotte'' (1950) - Photograph * ''Call Over the Air'' (1951) - Piefke * ''Eva im Frack'' (1951) * ''Wienerinnen'' (1952) * ''Abenteuer im ...

as Artist Simson *

Ernst Waldow Ernst Waldow (22 August 1893 – 5 June 1964) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films during his career. Selected filmography * ''Rübezahl's Wedding'' (1916) * '' Sin of a Beautiful Woman'' (1929) *''The Green Domino'' (1935 ...

as Subdirektor Säuberlich *

Günther Schramm Günther Schramm (born 18 February 1929) is a German film and television actor. In 1958 he married the actress Gudrun Thielemann. Selected filmography * '' The Ambassador'' (1960) * ''The Happy Years of the Thorwalds'' (1962) * ''Snow White an ...

as Schulreiter Marcel *

Helmut Brasch Helmut Brasch (1912–1987) was a German film, television actor and cabaret singer. In 1945 he sang ''Child of the Ruins'' (german: Das Trümmerkind), which describes some facets of Berlin society. He played S.S. Man Scharf in Divina-Film ''Nach ...

as Dompteur Toni *

Otto Storr Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fr ...

as Wenzel Clown * Gaston Palmer as Roderich Clown * Aladar Hudi as Vitali Messerwerfer *

Peter W. Staub Peter W. Staub (1910–2000) was a Swiss singer, stage, film and television actor.Gänzl p.1317 Partial filmography * ''Mein Traum'' (1940) - Jimmy * ''Gilberte de Courgenay'' (1941) - Korporal * ''Emil, mer mues halt rede mitenand'' (1941) - V ...

as Burghalter, Friseur *

Zarli Carigiet Zarli Carigiet (5 August 1907 – 6 May 1981) was a Swiss actor and comedian. He was a member of the satirical Cabaret Cornichon and starred in movies by directors such as Leopold Lindtberg, Franz Schnyder, and Kurt Früh. He was the younge ...

as Staufinger Holzhändler *

Horst Tappert Horst Tappert (26 May 1923 – 13 December 2008) was a German film and television actor best known for the role of Inspector Stephan Derrick in the television drama ''Derrick''. Biography Horst Tappert was born on 26 May 1923 in Elberfeld ...

as Hugendobler, Künstleragent *

Inigo Gallo Inigo Gallo (2 November 1932 – 15 December 2000) was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions. Life and work Born in Zürich, Canton ...

as Diener Pedro *

Henry Vahl Henry Vahl (1897–1977) was a German stage, film and television actor.Ball & Spiess p.162 From 1958 he was a star of the Ohnsorg-Theater in Hamburg. His younger brother Bruno Vahl-Berg was also an actor. Selected filmography * '' The Muzzle'' ...

as Mr. Peterson, Hotelgast *

Klaus Havenstein Klaus Havenstein (7 April 1922 in Wittenberge, Germany – 19 March 1998 in Munich), was a German actor, cabaret artist, dubbing artist and television presenter. Biography Klaus Havenstein grew up in Hamburg, where he started an apprenticeship a ...

as Kämpfi Agent *

Albert Pulmann Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert C ...

as Flädli *

Selma Urfer Selma Urfer (born 30 March 1928 in Bern, Switzerland; died 2 May 2013 in Munich) was a Swiss author, translator and actress. She graduated from the Zurich School of Drama in 1948. In addition to acting and studio recordings, she published numerou ...

as Miss Peabody * Doris Kiesow as Frau Wuppertal *

Paul Birgs Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

as Herr Wuppertal * Ellinor Richter as Madame Tercier * Osman Ragheb as Abdullah * Rezci Alemzadeh as Mingo * Erich Sehnke as Alberto *

Henry van Lyck Henry van Lyck (born Rüdiger Leberecht; 15 January 1941 in Cologne, Germany) is a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Freddy and the Millionaire'' (1961) * ''Snow White and the Seven Jugglers'' (1962) * ' (1965, TV miniseries) * '' Go for It ...

as Koch *

Kurt Bülau Kurt is a male given name of Germanic or Turkish origin. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and i ...

as Koch *

Hannes Ganz Hannes is a masculine given name and a diminutive of Johannes or Hannibal. Hannes may refer to: *Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) Swedish chemist and Nobel-prize winner * Hannes Aigner (born 1989), German slalom canoeist and Olympic medalist * Hannes ...

as Koch *

Edgar Wenzel Edgar Wenzel (1919–1980) was a Romanian-born German actor.Johnson & Miller p.116 Selected filmography * ''The Scarlet Baroness'' (1959) * ''Snow White and the Seven Jugglers'' (1962) * ''The Puzzle of the Red Orchid'' (1962) * '' The Seventh Vi ...

as Kellner Alfonso *

Klaus Delonge Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas. Notable persons whose family name is Klaus * Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseba ...

as Kellner *

Erhard Meissner Erhard is a male German given name and surname, and may refer to: People *Erhard of Regensburg, bishop of Regensburg in the 7th century *Erhard Altdorfer (c. 1480–1561), German Early Renaissance printmaker, painter and architect *Erhard Arnold Ju ...

as Kellner *

Richard Rüdiger Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...

as Kellner * Karl Wagner as Geschäftsführer im Warenhaus

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1962 films West German films Swiss comedy films German comedy films 1962 comedy films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Kurt Hoffmann Constantin Film films Films shot at Bavaria Studios Films shot in Switzerland 1960s German films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub