''Go for It, Baby'' () is a 1968 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 and starring Werner Enke,

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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 won two

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took place in

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 ...

Cast

* Werner Enke as Martin *

as Barbara *

as Henry van Busch *

Rainer Basedow Rainer Basedow (20 May 1938 – 15 May 2022) was a German film, television, and voice actor. He is known for having provided the voice of Pumbaa in the German dub of ''The Lion King'' franchise, up until his replacement with Jürgen Kluckert in ...

as Wachhabender im Polizeirevier * Inge Marschall as Anita * Helmut Brasch as Viktor Block * Joachim Schneider as Wachtmeister * Fritz Schuster as Bettler *

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 Spanner * Horst Pasderski as Filmproduzent * Ursula Bode *

Edith Volkmann Edith Volkmann (14 November 1920 – 29 July 1997) was a German film and television actress.Sloan p.88 Selected filmography * '' Corinna Schmidt'' (1951) * '' Stärker als die Nacht'' (1954) * '' Go for It, Baby'' (1968) * '' I Only Want You To L ...

as Hausmeisterin * as Dichter im Fahrstuhl * Erwin Dietzel as Zoo-Wärter * Li Bonk as Blocks Sekretärin *

Barbara Schütz Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously a ...

as Anitas Freundin *

Günter Strigel Gunter or Günter may refer to: * Gunter rig, a type of sailing rig, especially in small boats * Gunter Annex, Alabama, a United States Air Force installation * Gunter, Texas, city in the United States * the former German name of the village of ...

as Polizist 2 * Peter Tambosi as Polizist 1

Reception

The film was the highest-grossing in Switzerland in the second half of 1968 as well as the highest-grossing German film in Germany of the year 1968.

References

Bibliography

* Hake, Sabine. ''German National Cinema''. Routledge, 2013.

External links

* 1968 films West German films German comedy films 1968 comedy films 1960s German-language films Films set in Munich German black-and-white films 1968 directorial debut films 1960s German films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub