''Fanfares of Love'' (german: Fanfaren der Liebe) is a 1951 West German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring

Dieter Borsche Albert Eugen Rollomann (25 October 1909 – 5 August 1982), better known as Dieter Borsche, was a German actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1935 and 1981. Since 1944, he suffered from muscle atrophy and had to use a wheelchair ...

Georg Thomalla Georg Thomalla (14 February 1915 – 25 August 1999) was a German actor. He appeared in about one hundred fifty film and television productions between 1939 and 2000 and was widely known in Germany for his comedic roles. Thomalla was well k ...

and

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 ...

. It is a remake of the 1935 French film '' Fanfare of Love''. It was a major hit and in 1953 a sequel ''

Fanfare of Marriage ''Fanfare of Marriage'' (german: Fanfaren der Ehe) is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Hans Grimm and starring Dieter Borsche, Georg Thomalla and Inge Egger.Ginsberg & Mensch p.403 It is the sequel to the 1951 German film ''Fanfares of L ...

'' was released, showing the further adventures of the main characters.

Production

The story was based on a screenplay written by

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while working in the Weimar Republic in the early 1930s. After emigrating to Paris following the Nazi takeover of power, it was developed into a French film directed by

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. It was shot at the

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in Munich with sets designed by the

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. Location filming also took place at

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in the

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Hollywood remake

The film was remade in

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in 1959 by Billy Wilder as ''

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''. Thoeren screened the 1951 German film for Wilder, who secured the remake rights. In contrast to the contemporary setting of the German film, Wilder shifted the action back to the 1920s. He later tried to downplay the extent to which he was influenced by the original, describing it as "a very low budget, very third-class German picture".Ginsberg & Mensch p.392 In the German dubbing of ''Some Like It Hot'', Georg Thomalla served as the voice for

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in his role as the second musician - exactly the role which Thomalla played eight years earlier in this film.

Synopsis

Two struggling male musicians, unable to get any work, dress as women in order to get work in an all-female band.

Cast

as Hans Mertens *

as Peter *

as Gaby Bruck *

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as Lydia d'Estée * Oskar Sima as Hallinger *

Ilse Petri Ilse Petri (20 March 1918 – 3 February 2018) was a German stage, television and film actress. Partial filmography * ''April, April!'' (1935) * ''Das Mädchen vom Moorhof'' (1935) * ''Königstiger'' (1935) * '' The Abduction of the Sabine Women' ...

as Sabine *

Beppo Brem Beppo Brem (11 March 1906 in Munich, German Empire – September 5, 1990 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor, who was in over 200 film and television productions between 1932 and 1990. He often played stereotypically Bavarian characte ...

as Boxer * Hans Fitz as Friedrich * Ursula Traun as Anette *

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as Friseur *

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as Poehle *

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as Hotelportier Brunhuber *

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as Oberkellner

References

Bibliography

* Terri Ginsberg & Andrea Mensch. ''A Companion to German Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

External links

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