''Father's Day'' (German: ''Vatertag'') is a 1955 West German

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directed by Hans Richter and starring

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and

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. Jaedicke p.269 It was shot at the

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and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the

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and

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Synopsis

The wives of several respectable town members are concerned that their husbands are spending time secretively with some attractive female dancers. What they don't realise is that they are in fact in training for a dance competition.

Cast

as Thea Brause *

as Paul Brause *

as Berta Helbig *

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as Gustav Helbig *

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as Hermine v. Streitwitz *

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 Major von Streitwitz *

Lotte Rausch Lotte Rausch (24 May 1913 – 11 March 1995) was a German stage and film actress.Youngkin p.324-25 Selected filmography * '' If We All Were Angels'' (1936) * ''The Broken Jug'' (1937) * '' Triad'' (1938) * ''Women for Golden Hill'' (1938) * ' ...

as Lucie Novotny *

Günther Lüders Günther Lüders (5 March 1905 – 1 March 1975) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1934 and 1975. He lived in Urfeld am Walchensee from 1954 until 1975. Selected filmography * '' Count Woronzeff'' (1934), as Cousi ...

as Franz Novotny *

Ursula Grabley Ursula Grabley (8 December 1908 – 3 April 1977) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1929 and 1977. Selected filmography * '' Katharina Knie'' (1929) * '' The Concert'' (1931) * '' That's ...

as Eva Kugel *

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as Adam Kugel *

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as Gerti Brause *

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as Egon Kammerhahn *

Ingrid Lutz Ingrid Marga Irene Lutz (3 March 1924 – 13 November 2021) was a German film actress. Lutz died on 13 November 2021, at the age of 97.Determined by the Berlin film researcher M. Jahnke in cooperation with R. Kettermann, in 2022. Jahnke found h ...

as Marion Werner *

Joachim Rake Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...

as Michaelis

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Jaedicke, Horst . ''Willy Reichert: Er wollte alles, ausser Schwäbisch ; eine Biographie''. Hohenheim, 2010.

External links

* 1955 films 1955 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Hans Richter 1950s German films Films shot at Wandsbek Studios Films shot in Hamburg {{1950s-Germany-film-stub de:Vatertag (1955)