''Three Girls from the Rhine'' (German: ''Drei Mädels vom Rhein'') is a 1955 West German

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directed by

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and starring

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and

Fita Benkhoff Fita Benkhoff (1 November 1901 – 26 October 1967) was a German actress. Life Benkhoff was born in 1901. In the 1920s the actress Louise Dumont separated from her husband. Dumont was attached to a number of young actresses including Benkho ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.194 It was shot at the

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and

Spandau Studios The Spandau Studios or CCC Studios were film and television studios located in Spandau, a suburb of Berlin. They were established in 1949 following the Second World War by the producer Artur Brauner Artur "Atze" Brauner (born Abraham Brauner; ...

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and the

Wandsbek Studios The Wandsbek Studios are film production and television studios located in Wandsbek, a district of the German city of Hamburg. The complex was established in 1948 when Real Film, set up the previous year, acquired a site in Wandsbek for construct ...

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. Filmed in

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took place in the Mosel including around

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and at

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Erich Kettelhut Erich Karl Heinrich Kettelhut (1 November 1893 – 13 March 1979) was a German production designer, Art director#In film, art director and set decorator. Kettelhut is considered one of the most important artists in the history of early German cin ...

and

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Synopsis

Every since a large

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opened nearby, an

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in a wine-producing town on the

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has been struggling financially. The owner wants to retain control and pass the inn on to her three daughters, refusing offers to turn it into a

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. Her daughters set out to make sure the inn hosts the annual wine

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in order to save it.

Cast

as Susanne Hübner *

as Kitty Drechsler *

as Therese Hübner *

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as Sabine Hübner *

Siegfried Breuer Jr. Siegfried Breuer Jr. (né Walter Breuer; 1930–2004) was an Austrian film actor.Fritsche p.78 He was the son of the actor Siegfried Breuer Siegfried Breuer (24 June 1906 – 1 February 1954) was an Austrian stage and film actor and occasional ...

as Werner Schulenburg *

Paul Henckels Paul Henckels (9 September 1885 – 27 May 1967) was a German film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1921 and 1965. Paul Henckels had started his acting career on the stage in the 1900s. He was well known for his e ...

as Hannes *

Heinz Hilpert Heinz Hilpert (1 March 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. He was head of the Deutsches Theater during the Third Reich. Selected filmography Actor * '' Nameless Heroes'' (1925) * '' Prinz Louis Ferdi ...

as Paul Schulenburg *

Robert Meyn Robert Meyn (16 January 1896 – 2 March 1972) was a German stage, film and television actor.Fehrenbach p.103 Partial filmography * '' The Sinner'' (1951) - Von Hernsdorf - Marinas Stiefvater / Marina's Stepfather * ''Kommen Sie am Ersten'' (19 ...

as Philipp Drechsler *

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as Kathrin Hübner *

Wolfgang Wahl Wolfgang Wahl (3 December 1925 – 15 September 2006) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1953 to 1996. Filmography References External links * 1925 births 2006 deaths German male film actors German ...

as Fritz Junghans * Frank Holms as Jack * Ruth von Hagen as Rosa

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1955 films 1955 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Georg Jacoby 1950s German films Films shot at Wandsbek Studios Films shot at Spandau Studios Films shot at Tempelhof Studios {{1950s-Germany-film-stub de:Drei Mädels vom Rhein