''Don't Fumble, Darling'' (German: ''Nicht fummeln, Liebling'') is a 1970 West German

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directed by May Spils and starring Werner Enke,

Gila von Weitershausen Gisela "Gila" Freiin von Weitershausen (; born 21 March 1944) is a German actress. Born in Trebnitz (today Trzebnica), Lower Silesia Lower Silesia ( ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a historical and geographical region mostly located in Poland with sma ...

and

Henry van Lyck Henry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters * Henry (surname) * Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone Arts and entertainment ...

. The film was distributed by the German subsidiary of

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. It was a commercial success on its release, one of the biggest hits in Germany that year.Bock & Bergfelder, p. 410. The film 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 ...

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

, and on location around the city during the summer of 1969.

Cast

* Werner Enke as Charly *

as Gila *

as Harry *Benno Hoffmann as Herbert Oehl *Elke Haltaufderheide as Elke *

Jean Launay Jean Launay (born 24 July 1952) was a member of the National Assembly of France The National Assembly (, ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral French Parliament under the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic, the upper hou ...

as Lux *

Otto Sander Otto Sander (; 30 June 1941 – 12 September 2013) was a German film, theater, and voice actor. Life Education and early career Sander grew up in Kassel, where he graduated in 1961 from the Friedrichgymnasium. After leaving school he spen ...

as Revoluzzer Otto *Iris Gras as Starlet *Sabrina A. Wengen as Starlet *Michael Cromer as Klaus-Peter Pumm *

Johannes Buzalski Johannes Buzalski (1918–1977) was a German film and television actor.Rentschler p.287 Selected filmography * '' Hello, Fraulein!'' (1949) * ''Jonny Saves Nebrador'' (1953) * ''The Confession of Ina Kahr'' (1954) * '' Heroism after Hours'' (1955 ...

as Gefängniswärter Bumski *Ingrid Stahl as Reni Tenz *Kasimir Esser as Kasimir *

Karl Schönböck Karl Schönböck (4 February 1909 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary – 24 March 2001 in Munich, Republic of Germany) was an Austrian actor.

as Actor in Geiselgasteig *

Erica Beer Erica Beer (19 January 1925 – 27 December 2013) was a German film actress. She was born in Munich. Selected filmography * ''Captive Soul'' (1952) * ''The Last Waltz'' (1953) * '' Heartbroken on the Moselle'' (1953) * '' They Were So Young'' ...

as Actress in Geiselgasteig

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1970 films 1970 comedy films German comedy films West German films Films directed by May Spils Films shot at Bavaria Studios Films set in Munich 1970s German-language films 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub