''Father's Day'' (German: ''Vatertag'') is a 1955 West German

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directed by Hans Richter and starring Grethe Weiser,

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and

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.Jaedicke p.269 It was shot at the

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and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Mathias Matthies and Ellen Schmidt.

Synopsis

The wives of several respectable town members are concerned that their husbands are spending time secretively with some attractive female dancers. What they don't realise is that they are in fact in training for a dance competition.

Cast

* Grethe Weiser as Thea Brause *

as Paul Brause *

as Berta Helbig * Willy Reichert as Gustav Helbig *

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as Hermine v. Streitwitz *

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as Major von Streitwitz *

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as Lucie Novotny *

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as Franz Novotny * Ursula Grabley as Eva Kugel * Jupp Hussels as Adam Kugel *

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as Gerti Brause * Peter W. Staub as Egon Kammerhahn *

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as Marion Werner * Joachim Rake as Michaelis

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Jaedicke, Horst . ''Willy Reichert: Er wollte alles, ausser Schwäbisch ; eine Biographie''. Hohenheim, 2010.

External links

* 1955 films 1955 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films 1950s German films Films shot at Wandsbek Studios Films shot in Hamburg Films scored by Michael Jary {{1950s-Germany-comedy-film-stub