''Hit Parade'' () is a 1953 West German

musical comedy film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as break ...

directed by Erik Ode and starring

Germaine Damar Germaine Damar (born August 31, 1929) is a Luxembourgish actress and dancer. Sometimes she used the stage name Ria Poncelet. She started her career as an acrobat and played in nearly 30 German films, including three films in which she was the par ...

Walter Giller Walter Giller (23 August 1927 – 15 December 2011) was a German actor. He was very successful in the 1950s and 1960s, when he was often seen as a comedic leading man. One of his most successful and more serious roles was in ''Roses for the Pro ...

and Nadja Tiller.Bock & Bergfelder p. 158 It was shot at the

Spandau Studios The Spandau Studios or CCC Studios were film and television studios located in Spandau, a suburb of Berlin. They were established in 1949 following the Second World War by the producer Artur Brauner controller of CCC Films, on the site of a forme ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Kurt Herlth and Karl Weber.

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* 1953 films 1953 musical comedy films German musical comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Erik Ode German black-and-white films Films shot at Spandau Studios 1950s German films Films scored by Heino Gaze Films scored by Michael Jary Films scored by Peter Kreuder {{1950s-Germany-musical-comedy-film-stub