Every Day Isn't Sunday (1959 Film)
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''Every Day Isn't Sunday'' (German: ''Alle Tage ist kein Sonntag'') is a 1959 West German
comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Helmut Weiss Helmut Weiss (January 25, 1907 – January 13, 1969) was a German actor, screenwriter, and film director. He was notable for directing ''Tell the Truth (film), Tell the Truth'', the first film produced after the Second World War in what was to bec ...
and starring
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 ...
,
Paul Hubschmid Paul Hubschmid (; 20 July 1917 – 1 January 2002) was a Switzerland, Swiss actor. He was most notable for his role as Pygmalion (play), Henry Higgins in the German stage production of ''My Fair Lady''. In his Hollywood films he was billed as Pa ...
and
Dietmar Schönherr Dietmar Otto Schönherr (; 17 May 1926 – 18 July 2014) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1944 and 2014. He was famous for playing the role of Major Cliff Allister McLane in the German science fiction series '' Rau ...
.Limbacher p.6 The title refers to a traditional song by
Carl Clewing Theodor Rudolph Carl Clewing ( 22 April 1884 – 15 May 1954) was a German operatic tenor/heldentenor, stage and film actor, composer of the song ''Alle Tage ist kein Sonntag'' and professor at the Universität der Künste Berlin. Life Born in ...
which features in the film. The film's sets were designed by the
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and Karl Schneider. It was made at the
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in
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with
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also taking place around
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in the
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Plot

While Eva is in the hospital after an accident, her son, Peter, goes in search of his long-missing father. Learning he has died, Peter then prepares himself for the new man in his mother's life.


Cast

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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 Eva Kende *
Paul Hubschmid Paul Hubschmid (; 20 July 1917 – 1 January 2002) was a Switzerland, Swiss actor. He was most notable for his role as Pygmalion (play), Henry Higgins in the German stage production of ''My Fair Lady''. In his Hollywood films he was billed as Pa ...
as Karl Brandtstetter *
Dietmar Schönherr Dietmar Otto Schönherr (; 17 May 1926 – 18 July 2014) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1944 and 2014. He was famous for playing the role of Major Cliff Allister McLane in the German science fiction series '' Rau ...
as Mitja Burganoff *
Jochen Hanke Jochen is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jochen Asche, East German luger, competed during the 1960s * Jochen Böhler (born 1969), German historian, specializing in the history of World War II * Jochen Babock (born 1953), Eas ...
as Peter *
Jürgen Hanke Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. Notable people named Jürgen include: A * Jürgen Ahrend (1930–2024), German organ builder *Jürgen Alzen (born 1962), German race car driv ...
as Paul *
Trude Herr Trude Herr (; 4 May 1927 – 16 March 1991) was a German film actress, singer and theatre owner.Weisser p. 289 She was an entertainer in Germany from the early 1960s until her retirement. Early life Trude Herr was born in the Cologne district ...
as Fanny Knöbel *
Ralf Wolter Ralf Wolter (26 November 1926 – 14 October 2022) was a German stage and screen actor. Wolter appeared in nearly 220 films and television series in his over 60 years as a character actor. Life and career Wolter began his long career on the B ...
as Dienstmann Huber *
Walter Janssen Walter Janssen (7 February 1887 – 1 January 1976) was a German film actor and director. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1917 and 1970. Selected filmography * '' The Dancer'' (1919) * ''Destiny'' (1921) * '' Wandering Souls'' ( ...
as Franz, Diener bei Brandtstelter *
Christa Williams Christa Williams (born: Christa Bojarzin 5 February 1926 – 28 or 29 July 2012) was a German pop singer most popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Williams was chosen to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the s ...
as Barsängerin *
Jur Arten Jur or JUR may refer to: * Jur, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran * Jur River, in South Sudan * Jurien Bay Airport (IATA: JUR), in Western Australia * Jurong East MRT station Jurong East MRT station is an elevated Mass Rapid Trans ...
as Wladimir *
Rolf Weih Rolf Weih (1906–1969) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Flachsmann the Educator'' (1930) * '' Comrades at Sea'' (1938) * '' Alarm at Station III'' (1939) * '' In the Name of the People'' (1939) * '' The Governor'' (1939) * ''Ala ...
as Gregor *
Hans Leibelt Hans Leibelt (11 March 1885 in Leipzig, German Empire – 3 December 1974 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Heimliche Sünder'' (1926) * ''The False Prince (1927 film), The False Prince'' (1927) * ' ...
as Dr. Börger * Cora Roberts as Olga *
Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann (1906–1988) was a German stage, television and film actor.Cowie p.154 He was married to the actress Marianne Pohlenz. Selected filmography * '' The Black Forest Girl'' (1950) - Staubig, Buchhalter * ''Herzen im Sturm'' ( ...
as Mann mit Waldhorn *
Stanislav Ledinek Stanislav Ledinek (26 June 1920 – 30 March 1969) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1953 and 1968. He died in Istanbul, Turkey. Selected filmography * ''Such a Charade'' (1953) * '' Red Roses, Red Lips, Re ...
as Agent Pacher *
Blandine Ebinger Blandine Ebinger (née Blandine Loeser; born 4 November 1899 – 25 December 1993) was a German actress and ''chansonniere''. Career Ebinger became acquainted with Friedrich Hollaender in 1919, and with him she became heavily invested as a p ...
as Frau Hertel *
Willy Millowitsch Willy Millowitsch (, ; 8 January 1909 – 20 September 1999) was a German stage and TV actor and the director of the ''Volkstheater Millowitsch'' in Cologne. Early life Millowitsch was born in Cologne, Rhine Province. His parents were Peter a ...
as Mann mit Bombardon


References


Bibliography

* James L. Limbacher. ''Haven't I seen you somewhere before?: Remakes, sequels, and series in motion pictures and television, 1896-1978''. Pierian Press, 1979.


External links

* 1959 films 1959 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Helmut Weiss German black-and-white films Films shot at Tempelhof Studios 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-comedy-film-stub