''The Wedding Hotel'' (german: Das Hochzeitshotel) is a 1944 German

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directed by

Carl Boese Carl Eduard Hermann Boese (; 26 August 1887 – 6 July 1958) was a German film director, screenwriter, and film producer, producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957. Selected filmography * ''Farmer Borchardt'' (1917) * ''Donna Lucia ...

and starring

Karin Hardt Karin Hardt Meta Therese (28 April 1910 in Altona, Hamburg – 5 March 1992 in Berlin) was a German actress. Life A merchant's daughter, Hardt first took private acting lessons with Alex Otto and received theatrical engagements in Mönch ...

René Deltgen Renatus Heinrich Deltgen born 30 April 1909 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; died 29 January 1979 in Cologne, West Germany) was a Luxembourgian stage and film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance ...

and

Walter Janssen Walter Janssen (7 February 1887 – 1 January 1976) was a German film actor and director. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1917 and 1970. Selected filmography * '' The Dancer'' (1919) * ''Destiny'' (1921) * ''Wandering Souls'' (1 ...

. Due to Allied bombing raids on German cities like

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, much of the film was shot around Kitzbühel in

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. It was one of a number of light-hearted German films made in the final year of the

Third Reich Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

Synopsis

A group of

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and journalists enjoy a series of romantic entanglements in a country hotel. An author, Vera von Eichberg "of whom no photo exists," has mentioned the hotel in her work, increasing its clientele. When another female guest arrives, everyone assumes she is the author, despite her repeated assertions to the contrary.

Main cast

as Brigitte Elling, Verkäuferin *

as Viktor Hoffmann, Pressephotograph *

as Burgmüller, Schriftsteller *

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'' (1 ...

as Alexander, sein Sekretär * Hermann Pfeiffer as Dr. Wolter, Burgmüllers Verleger *

Hans Hermann Schaufuß Hans Hermann Schaufuß (13 July 1893 – 30 January 1982) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1922 to 1969. His sons were actors Hans Joachim Schaufuß Hans Joachim Schaufuß (transliterated: Schaufuss) (28 Decemb ...

as Rupp, Chef eines Pressedienstes *

Georg Vogelsang Georg Vogelsang (1883–1952) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.216 He specialised in Bavarian character parts. Selected filmography * '' The Secret of Castle Elmshoh'' (1925) * '' Three Fathers for Anna'' (1939) * '' The Eternal Spring ...

as Nepomuk Balg, Amtsvorsteher *

Helmuth Helsig Helmuth is both a masculine German given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name; *Helmuth Theodor Bossert (1889–1961), German art historian, philologist and archaeologist * Helmuth Duckadam (born 1959), Romanian form ...

as Hacke, Kriminalkommissar * Edwin Jürgensen as Berendt, Juwelier * Roma Bahn as Frau Berendt *

Hans Fidesser Hans Fidesser (12 March 1899 – 22 January 1982) was an Austrian singer and film actor.Goble p.519 Selected filmography * '' The Flower of Hawaii'' (1933) * '' Everything for Gloria'' (1941) * '' The Wedding Hotel'' (1944) * ''In the Temple of ...

as Geschäftsführer im "Seehotel" * Ernst Sattler as Portier im "Seehotel" * Franz Weber as Knauer, Herausgeber einer Provinzzeitung

References

Bibliography

* Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945''. University of California Press, 1999.

External links

* 1944 films 1944 comedy films German comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1940s German-language films German black-and-white films Films directed by Carl Boese Films shot in Austria Films set in hotels UFA GmbH films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub