''I'll Make You Happy'' (German: ''Ich mach dich glücklich'') is a 1949 West German

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directed by

Sándor Szlatinay Sándor Szlatinay (December 29, 1899 – October 22, 1980) was a Hungarian composer and film director.Frey p.264 He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and worked in the Hungarian, Italian film industries. After the Second World War he settled ...

and starring

Heinz Rühmann Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (; 7 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. He is one of the most famous and popular German actors of the 20th century, and is considered a Ge ...

Hertha Feiler Hertha Feiler (3 August 1916, Vienna – 1 November 1970, Munich) was an Austrian actress. She was married to the comedian Heinz Rühmann with whom she starred in several films. She was of Jewish descent. Filmography References External links ...

and

Dorit Kreysler Dorit Kreysler (1909–1999) was an Austrian film actress.Goble p.338 She spent much of her career in the German film industry. Filmography References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter d ...

. Körner p.89 It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Ernst H. Albrecht and

Rolf Zehetbauer Rolf Zehetbauer (13 February 1929 – 23 January 2022) was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. Zehetbauer won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film ''Cabaret''. He died on 23 January 2022, at ...

Cast

as Peter Krüger *

as Barbara *

Karl Schönböck Karl Schönböck (4 February 1909 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary – 24 March 2001 in Munich, Republic of Germany) was an Austrian actor.

as Viktor *

as Vera *

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 Herr Meinert *

Margarete Haagen Margarete Haagen (29 November 1889 – 19 November 1966) was a German stage and film actress. Haagen appeared in over a hundred films during her career, generally in character roles. She specialised in playing good-natured elderly ladies. Fo ...

as Frau Geheimrat *

Lotte Stein Lotte Stein (1894–1982) was a German actress of the stage and screen. Of Jewish descent, she fled to the United States via Czechoslovakia and Portugal, and arrived at the Port of New York on board the SS ''Mouzinho'' in June 1941. Selected fi ...

as Veras Mutter *

Fritz Kampers Fritz Kampers (14 July 1891 – 1 September 1950) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1913 and 1950. Early life Fritz Kampers was the son of a Munich hotel owner, spent his early childhood in Garmisch-Partenk ...

as Veras Vater *

Rudolf Schündler Rudolf Ernst Paul Schündler (17 April 1906, in Leipzig – 12 December 1988, in Munich) was a German actor and director. He played "Karl" in ''The Exorcist'' (1973). After finishing the film ''The Nasty Girl'', Schündler died of a heart attac ...

as Herr Stock * Jochen Hauer as Herr Stöger *

Gunnar Möller Gunnar Möller (1 July 1928 – 16 May 2017) was a German television actor, television and film actor. He appeared in over 160 film and television productions between 1940 and 2016. He was most successful as a leading man in German cinema of the 1 ...

as Franz *

Harald Mannl Harald Mannl (1904–1961) was a German actor of film, radio and television.Feinstein p.56 He also directed two films for DEFA in East Germany in the mid-1950s, and acted in others, before returning to West Germany West Germany was the co ...

as Chef vom Dienst *

Margot Trooger Margot Trooger (2 June 1923 – 24 April 1994) was a German film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1952 and 1976. She was born in Rositz, Germany, and died in Mörlenbach, Germany. Selected filmography * '' I'll Make You Happy'' (194 ...

as Waitress

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Körner, Torsten. ''Der kleine Mann als Star: Heinz Rühmann und seine Filme der 50er Jahre''. Campus Verlag, 2001.

External links

* 1949 films 1949 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Sándor Szlatinay German black-and-white films 1940s German films Films shot at Bavaria Studios German films based on plays Films scored by Werner Bochmann Films based on works by Gábor Vaszary {{1940s-Germany-film-stub