''Don't Tell Me Any Stories'' () is a 1964 West German

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directed by Dietrich Haugk and starring

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and

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.Bergfelder p.214 It was shot at the

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and on location in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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and

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. It was shot in

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Cast

as Dr. Nikolaus Feyl *

as Hugo Bach * Ursula von Borsody as Rosalinde Bach * Thomas Reiner as Dr. Waldemar Hecht *

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as Die Tante *

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as Johann Sebastian 'Wastl' Bach * Hans Stadtmüller as Ein Münchner *

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as Emmerich Mehler * Stefan Patkai as Singender Barpianist *

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as Kunde im Schreibbüro *

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as Dame mit Brille *

Gerda Maria Klein Gerda is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: A *Gerda Ahlm (1869–1956), Swedish-born American painter and art conservator *Gerda Alexander (1908–1994), Danish teacher and therapist * Gerda Antti (born 1929), Swedish ...

as Fräulein Gausmann * Kurt Zips as Herr mit Hut * Paul Bös as Busfahrer

References

Bibliography

* Bergfelder, Tim. ''International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s''. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

* 1964 films 1964 romantic comedy films German romantic comedy films West German films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Dietrich Haugk Films based on German novels Films about vacationing Films shot in Italy Bavaria Film films Films shot at Bavaria Studios 1960s German films German-language romantic comedy films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub