''My Wife's Friends'' () is a 1949 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

Hans Deppe Hans Deppe (; 12 November 1897 – 23 September 1969) was a German actor and film director. Filmography As director As actor References External links

* 1897 births 1969 deaths German male film actors German television dire ...

and starring

Sonja Ziemann Sonja Alice Selma Toni Ziemann (; 8 February 1926 – 17 February 2020) was a German film and television actress. In the 1950s, she was among Germany's most prominent actresses, awarded the 1950 Bambi for appearing, together with Rudolf Prack, ...

Grethe Weiser Grethe Weiser (; 27 February 1903 – 2 October 1970) was a German actress. Biography Born in Hanover, she spent her childhood in Dresden. She escaped from her dominant and sometimes violent father by marrying a Jewish confectionery manufactu ...

and

Gerda Maurus Gerda Maurus (25 August 1903 – 31 July 1968) was an Austrian actress. She was of Croatian people, Croatian descent and initially made her name on stage in Vienna. While performing in the theatre, she was discovered by the director Fritz Lang du ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p. 519 It was made by Real Film at the

Wandsbek Studios The Wandsbek Studios are film production and television studios located in Wandsbek, a district of the German city of Hamburg. The complex was established in 1948 when Real Film, set up the previous year, acquired a site in Wandsbek for construc ...

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. 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 ...

Herbert Kirchhoff Herbert Kirchhoff (1911–1988) was a German art director. Selected filmography * '' Nora's Ark'' (1948) * '' My Wife's Friends'' (1949) * '' The Last Night'' (1949) * '' Second Hand Destiny'' (1949) * '' Third from the Right'' (1950) * '' Harb ...

and Mathias Matthies.

Cast

as Fee Freiberg - Kabarettistin *

as Lotte - Mädchen bei Brinkmann *

as Frau Grete Brinkmann *

Carl-Heinz Schroth Carl-Heinz Schroth (29 June 1902 – 19 July 1989) was a German actor and film director. He appeared in 60 films between 1931 and 1989. He also directed seven films between 1953 and 1963. He was born in Innsbruck, Austria, to Else Ruttershei ...

as Walter Brinkmann - Bücherrevisor *

Albert Florath Albert Peter Adam Florath (7 December 1888, Bielefeld – 11 March 1957, Gaildorf) was a German stage and film actor. Early life and education Born to Joseph Florath, a locksmith, and his wife Matilda, née Burkart, he attended school in Brak ...

as Herr Fricke - Wirt vom Heidehof *

Arno Assmann Arno Assmann (30 July 1908 – 30 November 1979) was a German actor, film director and television writer. He committed suicide. Filmography As an actor * '' The Original Sin'' (1948) * '' The Last Illusion'' (1949) * '' My Wife's Frie ...

as Bernd Freiberg - Textdichter *

Carl Voscherau Carl Voscherau (1900–1963) was a German film actor.Shandley p.212 He was also a prominent voice actor, dubbing foreign films for release in Germany. His son Henning Voscherau was Mayor of Hamburg. Selected filmography * '' Film Without a Title ...

as Wild - und Geflügelhändler Kühn * Horst Gentzen as Bodo Kühn - Genannt Bulli * Michael Chevalier as Herbert Brinkmann - Kind * Baerbel Lutz as Uschi Brinkmann, Kind *

Heinz Schröder Heinz Schröder (April 24, 1928 – April 22, 2009) was a German puppeteer. He became known in East Germany (German Democratic Republic) for puppeteering popular characters such as Pittiplatsch and Herr Fuchs (Mr. Fox) in the children's prog ...

as Hänschen Brinkmann - Kind * Mia Adomat * Ludwig Röger * Horst von Otto

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1949 films West German films German comedy films 1949 comedy films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Hans Deppe Real Film films Films shot at Wandsbek Studios German black-and-white films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub