''My Father, the Actor'' (German: ''Mein Vater, der Schauspieler'') is a 1956 West German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak (; 8 August 1900 – 10 March 1973) was a German Jewish film director. His career spanned some 40 years, working extensively in the United States and France, as well as in his native country. Though he worked in many genres, he was ...

and starring O.W. Fischer, Hilde Krahl and Susanne von Almassy.Alpi p.229 The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

s Otto Erdmann and

Wilhelm Vorwerg Wilhelm Vorwerg (1899–1990) was a German art director who designed the sets for over fifty films including a number of Rialto Film's series of Edgar Wallace adaptations in the 1960s.Bergfelder p.256 Selected filmography * '' In the Name of the ...

. 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 ...

and on location in

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. It premiered at the

Marmorhaus The Marmorhaus (English: Marble House) was a movie theater, cinema that used to be located on the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin. Opened in 1913, it takes its name from a large marble façade. Designed by the architect Hugo Pál, the walls of the foyer ...

in the city.

Cast

* O.W. Fischer as Wolfgang Ohlsen * Hilde Krahl as Christine Behrendt * Oliver Grimm as Michael * Susanne von Almassy as Gerda Eissler *

Erica Beer Erica Beer (19 January 1925 – 27 December 2013) was a German film actress. She was born in Munich. Selected filmography * ''Captive Soul'' (1952) * ''The Last Waltz'' (1953) * '' Heartbroken on the Moselle'' (1953) * '' They Were So Young'' ...

as Olympia Renée *

Hilde Körber Hilde Körber (3 July 1906 – 31 May 1969) was an Austrian film actress who worked largely in the German Film Industry. She appeared in 53 films between 1930 and 1964. She was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary and died in West Berlin, West G ...

as Souffleuse *

Peter Capell Peter Capell (3 September 1912 – 3 March 1986) was a German actor who was active on screen from 1945 until 1985. Apart from a lengthy film career, he appeared in many television series and mini-series. He appeared in many old time radio pr ...

as Robert Fleming *

Siegfried Lowitz Siegfried Lowitz (22 September 1914 – 27 June 1999) was a German actor. Born in Berlin, he played the Hauptkommissar ''Erwin Köster'' in the German television drama '' Der Alte''. Prior to his tenure as Hauptkommissar, he played a killer ...

as Ruehl, Agent *

Siegfried Schürenberg Siegfried Schürenberg (12 January 1900 – 31 August 1993) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1933 and 1974. He was born in Detmold, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany in 1993, at age 93. Although he never p ...

as Gustav, Intendant * Arno Paulsen as Herr Behmer *

Helmuth Rudolph Helmuth Rudolph (1900–1971) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' So Ended a Great Love'' (1934) * ''The Last Waltz'' (1934) * '' Back in the Country'' (1936) * '' Blum Affair'' (1948) * '' Blocked Signals'' (1948) * '' Love '47'' (1949 ...

as Helmer *

Lori Leux Lori may refer to: *Lori (given name) *Lori Province, Armenia * Lori Fortress, a fortress in Armenia * Lori Berd, a village in Armenia * Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget, a historical Armenian kingdom from c. 980 to 1240, sometimes known as the Kingdom o ...

as Mady *

Hermine Sterler Minna Stern (20 March 1894 – 25 May 1982), known professionally as Hermine Sterler, was a German-American actress whose career spanned both the silent and the talkie film eras on two continents. Career Sterler, who appeared in several Holl ...

as Frl. Dr. Mahlke *

Erich Dunskus Erich Adolf Dunskus (27 July 1890 – 25 November 1967) was a German film actor. He appeared in 170 films between 1927 and 1966. He was born in Pillkallen, East Prussia East Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom o ...

as Gastwirt vom Goethe-Eck *

Evi Kent Evi Kent (born 8 March 1939) was a Czech-born German actress and singer. Biography She was born in Brno in Czechoslovakia, shortly before it was occupied by Germany. She later settled in West Germany following the Expulsion of Germans from Czec ...

as Die Naive

References

Bibliography

* Deborah Lazaroff Alpi. ''Robert Siodmak: A Biography, with Critical Analyses of His Films Noirs and a Filmography of All His Works''. McFarland,1998.

External links

* 1956 films 1956 drama films German drama films West German films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Robert Siodmak Films shot at Spandau Studios 1950s German films 1930s German films German black-and-white films Films scored by Werner Eisbrenner {{1950s-Germany-drama-film-stub