''The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' (german: Der Raub der Sabinerinnen) is a 1954 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

Gustav Knuth Gustav Knuth (7 July 1901 – 1 February 1987) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1935 and 1982 and starred in the TV series '' Alle meine Tiere''. He was married to the actress Elisabeth Lennartz. Selected ...

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 ...

and

Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrian theatre and film actor. Life and work Paul Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger, founder of the ...

.Reimer, Robert C. & Reimer, Carol J. ''The A to Z of German Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2010. p. 177. . 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 ...

Hermann Warm Hermann Warm was a German art director for films. Born in 1889 (died 1976) in Berlin, Germany, Warm was an important figure in the expressionist movement of the 1920s. Warm entered the German film industry in 1912 after working on-stage for a whil ...

Erich Grave Erich Grave (1891–1955) was a German art director.Giesen p.213 Selected filmography * ''Behind the Altar'' (1927) * ''Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne!'' (1935) * ''Maria the Maid'' (1936) * ''The Call of the Jungle'' (1936) * '' A Night in May'' (193 ...

and

Paul Markwitz Paul Markwitz (16 July 1908 – 19 March 1968)Kay Weniger: Das große Personenlexikon des Films Volume 5, Berlin 2001, , pg. 281f was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. He worked on over 50 films between 1935 and ...

. It was shot at the

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; ...

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

and on location in

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

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as Emanuel Striese *

as Frau Striese *

as Professor Martin Gollwitz *

Loni Heuser Loni Heuser (January 22, 1908 in Düsseldorf – March 6, 1999 in Berlin) was a German film actress. Selected filmography * ''Liebe in Uniform'' (1932) * '' The Hour of Temptation'' (1936) - Barsängerin * ''Abenteuer im Grandhotel'' (1943) - He ...

as Frau Friederike Gollwitz *

Anneliese Kaplan Anneliese Kaplan (12 May 1933 – 11 August 2020) was a German actress.Jacobsen & Prinzler p. 283 She was married to the composer Martin Böttcher. Selected filmography * ''The Last Waltz'' (1953) * ''Captain Bay-Bay'' (1953) * ''Sun Over the Ad ...

as Renate Gollwitz *

Bully Buhlan Bully Buhlan (3 February 1924 – 7 November 1982) was a German musician and actor.Barnett p.180 Filmography References Bibliography * Barnett, David. ''A History of the Berliner Ensemble''. Cambridge University Press, 2015. External links * ...

as Charly Gross *

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 Emil Gross *

Willi Rose Wilhelm Bernhard Max Rose (4 February 1902 – 16 June 1978) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1936 to 1978. Selected filmography References External links * 1902 births 1978 deaths German male fi ...

as mayor *

Ruth Stephan Ruth Stephan (27 October 1925 – 8 August 1975) was a German film and stage actress. She appeared with Heinz Erhardt in the 'Willi' series of films. Biography Ruth Stephan was born to retail merchant Kurt Stephan and his wife, Kriemhilde. A ...

as Maid Rosa * Wolfgang Müller as Friedrich *

Edith Hancke Edith Hancke (; 14 October 1928 – 4 June 2015) was a German stage, film and television actress. Life and career Edith Hancke, daughter of a bank clerk, grew up in Berlin-Charlottenburg. She received an education at the Lettehaus and, at the ...

as Fräulein Müller-Muthesius *

Hans Stiebner Hans Stiebner (19 November 1898 – 27 March 1958) was a German actor. Steibner was born in Vetschau, Germany as Hans Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Paul Stiebner. He died in 1958 in Baden-Baden, West Germany. Selected filmography * ''The Grand Duke ...

as Perchtramer *

Jakob Tiedtke Jakob Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Tiedtke (23 June 1875 – 30 June 1960) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 190 films between 1914 and 1955. Selected filmography * ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918 film), The Pied Piper of Hamel ...

as Chief baker *

Herbert Weissbach Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, ...

as Professor of Biology *Margitta Sonke as Iphigenie Striese *Norbert Steinkrauß as Othello Striese *

Wolfgang Condrus Wolfgang Condrus (né Wolfgang Breuer; born 1941) is a German film and television actor.Figge & Ward p.65 Selected filmography * '' Turtledove General Delivery'' (1952) * '' Mailman Mueller'' (1953) * '' We'll Talk About Love Later'' (1953) * ' ...

as Hamlet Striese *Ekkehard Lau as Torquato Striese *

Friedrich Domin Friedrich Domin (15 May 1902 – 18 December 1961) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1939 and 1961. He was born in Beuthen, Germany (now Bytom, Poland) and died in Munich, Germany. Selected filmography * '' ...

as Dichter *

Wolfgang Jansen Wolfgang Jansen (1938–1988) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''The Sinful Border'' (1951) * '' The Chaste Libertine'' (1952) * '' Fight of the Tertia'' (1952) * '' Turtledove General Delivery'' (1952) * ''Hit Parade'' (1953) * '' ...

Egon Vogel Egon Vogel (1908–1993) was a German stage, television and film actor.Giesen p.190 A character actor he amassed over a hundred credits during his career, some of them in minor parts. Selected filmography Film * ''Boccaccio'' (1936) * '' The Deru ...

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* 1954 musical comedy films German musical comedy films West German films Films directed by Kurt Hoffmann German films based on plays Films about theatre Films shot at Spandau Studios Remakes of German films German black-and-white films 1950s German-language films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub

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