''The House in Montevideo'' (german: Das Haus in Montevideo) is a 1951

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directed by Curt Goetz and

Valérie von Martens Valérie von Martens (; 4 November 1894 – 7 April 1986), born Valérie Pajér Edle von Mayersperg, was a German-Austrian actress. Valérie von Martens was born in Lienz, Tirol, daughter of the Austrian admiral Rudolf Pajér Edler von Mayersper ...

and starring Goetz, von Martens, Albert Florath and Lia Eibenschütz. It is an adaptation of Goetz's 1945 comic play '' The House in Montevideo''. Goetz and von Martens had frequently played the lead parts on the stage. The play was later adapted into another film of the same title in 1963. It was shot at the Göttingen Studios and on location at

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and the Uruguayan capital

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Cast

* Curt Goetz as Professor Traugott Nägler *

as Marianne Nägler * Albert Florath as Pastor Riesling * Lia Eibenschütz as Madame de la Rocco * John Mylong as Anwalt *

Ruth Niehaus Ruth Hildegard Rosemarie Niehaus (1925–1994) was a German stage and film actress. She was married to Jewish German spy Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intellige ...

as Atlanta Nägler *

Eckart Dux Eckart Dux (born 19 December 1926) is a German actor and voice actor. Biography His father was an Insurance executive. He completed his training as an actor with Else Bongers in Berlin and made his stage debut in 1948 at the city's Renaissance ...

as Herbert Kraft *

Rudolf Reiff Rudolf Reiff (1901–1961) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Tonelli'' (1943) * '' Freunde'' (1945) * ''Encounter with Werther'' (1949) * ''The Great Mandarin'' (1949) * '' Doctor Praetorius'' (1950) * '' Trouble in P ...

as Bürgermeister *

Ingeborg Körner Ingeborg Körner is a Namibian-born German actress. Selected filmography * '' Dangerous Guests'' (1949) * '' Unknown Sender'' (1950) * ''Abundance of Life'' (1950) * '' The House in Montevideo'' (1951) * '' Toxi'' (1952) * ''When The Village Mu ...

as Carmencita *

Lope Rica Lope is an old given name of Basque, Gascon and Spanish origin, derived from Latin ''lupus'', meaning "wolf". Lope may refer to: *Lope de Isásaga (1493–1515), Basque Spanish ''conquistador'' *Lope de Aguirre (1510s – 1561), Basque Spanish ''c ...

as Belinda *

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as Marta *

Günther Vogt Günther, Guenther, Ginther, Gunther, and the variants Günter, Guenter, Guenther, Ginter, and Gunter, are Germanic names derived from ''Gunthere, Gunthari'', composed of '' *gunþiz'' "battle" (Old Norse ''gunnr'') and ''heri, hari'' "army". Gund ...

as Parsifal Nägler * J. von Felbert as Lohengrin

Bibliography

* Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. ''The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Fenner, Angelica. ''Race Under Reconstruction in German Cinema: Robert Stemmle's Toxi''. University of Toronto Press, 2011.

External links

* 1951 films 1951 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films German films based on plays Films based on works by Curt Goetz Films set in Montevideo Films directed by Curt Goetz German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot at Göttingen Studios {{1950s-Germany-film-stub