''Wedding in the Hay'' (German: ''Hochzeit im Heu'') is a 1951 Austrian-German

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directed by

Arthur Maria Rabenalt Arthur Maria Rabenalt (25 June 1905 – 26 February 1993) was an Austrian film director, writer, and author. He directed more than 90 films between 1934 and 1978. His 1958 film ''That Won't Keep a Sailor Down'' was entered into the 1st Moscow I ...

and starring

Oskar Sima Oskar Sima (31 July 1896 – 24 June 1969) was an Austrian actor who is best remembered for appearing in supporting roles in countless comedy films from the 1930s to the 1960s. Born in Hohenau an der March, Lower Austria, Sima attended high sc ...

Inge Egger Inge Egger (27 August 1923 – 5 September 1976) was an Austrian stage, television and film actress. She played the female lead in the 1953 operetta film Operetta films (German: Operettenfilm) are a genre of musical films associated with, but n ...

and

Kurt Seifert Kurt Seifert (4 July 1903 – 3 December 1950) was a German actor, singer, comedian, and in his later years, theatre director. Seifert was known as an operetta singer.O'Brien p.32 From 1934 onwards he appeared in a significant number of feature f ...

.Fritsche p.242 It was shot at the

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and the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Felix Smetana Felix Smetana (1907 – 1968) was a German art director.Fritsche p.259 He designed the sets for many Austrian and German films during the postwar era. Selected filmography * ''Wedding in the Hay'' (1951) * '' Hello Porter'' (1952) * '' Ideal Wom ...

Synopsis

In rural

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the violent antagonism of the head of two

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families the Sentners and the Hauderers causes problems for their respective son and daughter who are in love and wish to marry.

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as Vitus Sentner *

as Agerl Hauderer *

as Egon Hasse, Fotograf *

Dagny Servaes Dagny Servaes (10 March 1894 – 10 July 1961) was a German-Austrian stage and film actress. In the theatre she appeared in the productions of Max ReinhardtStyan p.89 and Berthold Brecht. Servaes appeared in around sixty films during her career, ...

as Theres Sentner *

Lotte Lang Lotte Lang (11 January 1900 – 13 February 1985) was an Austrian actress. She appeared in more than 80 films and television shows between 1932 and 1979. Selected filmography * '' Must We Get Divorced?'' (1933) * '' Tales from the Vienna W ...

as Liesl Furchtsam, Krämerin *

Helli Servi ''Elli'' ( el, Κ/Δ Έλλη) was a 2,600 ton Greek protected cruiser ( el, Εύδρομο Καταδρομικό) named for a naval battle of the First Balkan War in which Greece was victorious. She was completed in 1913 and commissioned in 1 ...

as Genoveva *

Joseph Egger Joseph Egger, also known as Josef Egger, (22 February 1889 – 29 August 1966) was an Austrian character actor who appeared in 76 films between 1935 and 1965. Biography The 18-year-old Egger started his stage career at the Leoben theatre. Duri ...

as Ferdinand Hauderer *

Fritz Lehmann Fritz Lehmann (17 May 190430 March 1956) was a noted German conductor, whose career was cut short by his early death at the age of 51. His repertoire ranged from the Baroque through to contemporary works, in both the concert hall and the opera ...

as Poldl Sentner *

Josef Zechell Josef may refer to *Josef (given name) *Josef (surname) Josef is the surname of the following people: * Jens Josef (born 1967), German composer of classical music, a flutist and academic teacher * Michelle Josef (born 1954), Canadian musician and tr ...

as Weckerl, Bader und Heiratsvermittler *

Hugo Lindinger Hugo or HUGO may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Hugo'' (film), a 2011 film directed by Martin Scorsese * Hugo Award, a science fiction and fantasy award named after Hugo Gernsback * Hugo (franchise), a children's media franchise based on ...

as Hölzlbauer *

Franz Muxeneder Franz Muxeneder (19 October 1920 - 3 January 1988) was an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1948 to 1987. Muxeneder is best known in Great Britain for his part in the Yugoslav-German television series ''The White Hor ...

Franz Burgsteiner Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see ...

* Josef Enzenberger * Sepp Stockklauser * Franz Wimmer * Josef Fuchs * Erika Hackinger * Hans Maiberger * Marieliese Tamele

References

Bibliography

* Fritsche, Maria. ''Homemade Men In Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity ''. Berghahn Books, 2013. * Von Dassanowsky, Robert. ''Austrian Cinema: A History''. McFarland, 2005.

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* 1951 films 1951 comedy films Austrian comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt Films based on works by Ludwig Anzengruber Remakes of Austrian films Austrian films based on plays German films based on plays Films set in the Alps Films shot at Schönbrunn Studios Films shot at Bavaria Studios Austrian black-and-white films German black-and-white films 1950s German films {{Austria-film-stub

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