''Don't Forget Love'' (german: Vergiß die Liebe nicht) is a 1953 West German

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typic ...

film directed by

Paul Verhoeven Paul Verhoeven (; born 18 July 1938) is a Dutch director, producer and screenwriter, active in the Netherlands, France and the United States. His blending of graphic violence and sexual content with social satire is a trademark of both his dram ...

and starring

Luise Ullrich Luise Ullrich (31 October 1910 – 21 January 1985) was an Austrian actress. She was born in Vienna. While still a teenager, she got a stage contract. In late 1932, Ullrich played opposite Werner Krauss in "Rauhnacht" in Berlin. In 1933, sh ...

, Paul Dahlke and Will Quadflieg.Hake p.259 It was shot at the

Wandsbek Studios The Wandsbek Studios are film production and television studios located in Wandsbek, a district of the German city of Hamburg. The complex was established in 1948 when Real Film, set up the previous year, acquired a site in Wandsbek for constru ...

as well as on location in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

and Innsbruck. The film's sets were designed by the art directors

Hermann Warm Hermann Warm was a German art director for films. Born in 1889 (died 1976) in Berlin, Germany, Warm was an important figure in the expressionist movement of the 1920s. Warm entered the German film industry in 1912 after working on-stage for a whil ...

and

Heinrich Weidemann Heinrich Weidemann (1899–1982) was a German art director.Lowe p.179 Selected filmography * '' The Gambler'' (1938) * '' The Swedish Nightingale'' (1941) * ''Ghost in the Castle'' (1947) * ''The Trip to Marrakesh'' (1949) * '' Scandal at the Em ...

Synopsis

A couple's marriage becomes strained when the husband becomes too busy and neglects his wife.

Cast

as Anna Kienzel * Paul Dahlke as Dr. Franz Kienzel * Will Quadflieg as Paul Cornelius * Annie Rosar as Frau Stadler, Haushälterin *

Carl-Heinz Schroth Carl-Heinz Schroth (29 June 1902 – 19 July 1989) was a German actor and film director. He appeared in 60 films between 1931 and 1989. He also directed seven films between 1953 and 1963. He was born in Innsbruck, Austria, to Else Ruttershe ...

as Nino Pizzini *

Charlott Daudert Charlott Daudert (27 December 1913 – 19 January 1961) was a German film actress.Jacobsen & Prinzler p.275 Filmography * '' The Csardas Princess'' (1934) * ''Frasquita'' (1934) * '' Da stimmt was nicht'' (1934) * '' Old Comrades'' (1934) * '' ...

as Nora Pizzini * Lis Van Essen as Käthe Kienzel * Beate Koepnick as Tilly Kienzel * Frank Riedmüller as Walter Kienzel * Eckart Dux as Freddy *

Ilse Bally Ilse is a common female name, technically a German diminutive of Elisabeth, functioning as a given name in its own right chiefly in Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and all of the Scandinavian countries including Finland. I ...

as Jeanne Löhr *

Erwin Linder Erwin Linder (1903–1968) was a German stage, film and television actor.Meyer p.76 Selected filmography * '' Only One Night'' (1950) * '' Klettermaxe'' (1952) * '' Dreaming Lips'' (1953) * ''Wedding in Transit'' (1953) * ''Don't Forget Love'' ...

as Andreas Löhr * Hans Friedrich as Herr Wendel *

Gudrun Thielemann Gudrun Thielemann (born 16 January 1926) is a German former actress of stage, film and television.Goble p.17 In 1958 she married the actor Günther Schramm. Selected filmography * '' I'm Waiting for You'' (1952) * ''Don't Forget Love'' (1953) ...

as Frau Wendel

References

Bibliography

* Hake, Sabine. ''German National Cinema''. Routledge, 2002.

External links

* 1953 films West German films German romantic comedy films 1953 romantic comedy films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Paul Verhoeven (Germany) German black-and-white films Films shot at Wandsbek Studios Films shot in Hamburg 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub