''This Man Belongs to Me'' (german: Dieser Mann gehört mir) is a 1950 West German

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directed by

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and starring

Winnie Markus Winnie Markus (1921–2002) was a Czechoslovakia-born German film and television actress. Selected filmography * '' A Mother's Love'' (1939) - Rosl Pirlinger * ' (1939) - Juana de Alvarado * '' The Vulture Wally'' (1940) - Afra Kuttner * ''Herz g ...

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and

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.Bock & Bergfelder p. 139 It was shot at the

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outside

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and on location in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the

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Cast

as Gretl Fänger *

as Dr. Wilhelm Löhnefink *

as Fita Busse *

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as Rita Andersen *

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as Paul Fänger *

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as Dr. Stichnot *

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as Karl Dewoka *

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as Walter Welling *

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as Freifrau von Königsfeld

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1950 films 1950 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Paul Verhoeven (Germany) German black-and-white films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub