''André and Ursula'' is a 1955

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directed by

Werner Jacobs Werner Jacobs (1909–1999) was a German film director and film editor, editor. He was born in Berlin on the 24 April 1909. He is best known for his contributions to Modebummel (1951), Der Stern von Santa Clara (1958) and André und Ursula (1955). ...

and starring

Ivan Desny Ivan Desny (born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitsky; , 28 December 1922 – 13 April 2002) was a French actor of Russian Chinese origin. He had a lengthy career in French and German cinema, appearing in over 200 film and television roles over 50 year ...

Elisabeth Müller Elisabeth Müller (18 July 1926 – 11 December 2006) was a Swiss actress. Filmography References External links

* 1926 births 2006 deaths Swiss film actresses 20th-century Swiss actresses Actors from Basel-Stadt {{Switzerland-ac ...

and

Ina Peters Ina Peters (1928–2004) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Goble p.195 Selected filmography * '' Bon Voyage'' (1954) * ''André and Ursula'' (1955) * '' Kitty and the Great Big World'' (1956) * ''Charley's Aunt'' (1956) * ''The Spessart Inn'' ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.84 It was based on the 1937 novel of the same title by Polly Maria Höfler. The film updates the book's storyline from the

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to the

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. It was shot at the

Bavaria Studios Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film. History The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Firs ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Franz Bi Franz Bi (2 April 1899 – 25 December 1968) was a German art director.Giesen p.197 He worked on the set design of more than forty films during his career, often in collaboration with Bruno Monden. Selected filmography * ''The Rainer Case'' (1942 ...

and

Bruno Monden Bruno Monden (1900–1980) was a German art director. He designed the sets for several rubble films in the wake of the Second World War.Shandley p.217 Selected filmography * '' The Stars Shine'' (1938) * '' The Murderers Are Among Us'' (1946) * ' ...

Cast

as André Duval *

Elisabeth Müller Elisabeth Müller (18 July 1926 – 11 December 2006) was a Swiss actress. Filmography References External links

* 1926 births 2006 deaths Swiss film actresses 20th-century Swiss actresses Actors from Basel-Stadt {{Switzerland-ac ...

as Ursula Hartmann *

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as Gaston Duval / Andrés Bruder *

as Mimi Duval – Andrés Schwester *

Mária Tasnádi Fekete Maria von Tasnady (16 November 1911 – 16 March 2001) was a Hungarian singer, stage actor, stage and film actress. She was born as Mária Tasnádi Fekete and used a variety of other professional names including Maria De Tasnady during her caree ...

as Angéle Senard – Andrés Tante *

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as Jeanne Boulier *

Ulrich Bettac Ulrich Ewald Berthold Bettac (2 May 1897 – 20 April 1959), was an Austrian actor and theatre director. He was especially well known for his work as a character actor at the Burgtheater in Vienna; he also had a fairly extensive film career. S ...

as Père Dominique – Pater * Hans Henn as Henri *

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as Pächter Boulier – Jeannes Vater *

Ernst Stankovski Ernst Stankovski (16 June 1928 – 26 January 2022) was an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1949. Stankovski died in Klosterneuburg on 26 January 2022, at the age of 93. Selected filmography Television series ...

as Wendelin *

Dieter Wieland Dieter or dieter may refer to: * A person committed to dieting People Dieter is a German given name, a short form of Dietrich, from ''theod+ric'' "people ruler", see Theodoric. Rarely, it is a German form of the given name Theodore. Given ...

as Georg *

Ingmar Zeisberg Ingmar Zeisberg (17 February 1933 – 12 October 2022) was a German actress. She appeared in more than thirty films since 1954. Ziesberg died on 12 October 2022, at the age of 89. Selected filmography References External links * 19 ...

as Nora *

Christiane Zentgraf Christiane or Christianne is a given name, derived from the Latin ''Christiana'', the feminine form of ''Christianus'' (see Christian). It can also be a Latinized version of Middle English '' Christin'' 'Christian' (Old English ''christen'', from L ...

as Klein-Ursula

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1955 films 1955 drama films German drama films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Werner Jacobs Films based on German novels German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot at Bavaria Studios German-language drama films {{1950s-Germany-drama-film-stub