''The Night Without Morals'' (german: Die Nacht ohne Moral) is a 1953 West German

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Ferdinand Dörfler Ferdinand Dörfler (born 18 December 1903 in Munich, died 4 June 1965) was a German screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography * '' Everything for the Company'' (1950) * '' The Midnight Venus'' (1951) * ''Monks, Girls and Hungarian Soldie ...

and starring Claude Farell,

Gustav Knuth Gustav Knuth (7 July 1901 – 1 February 1987) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1935 and 1982 and starred in the TV series ''Alle meine Tiere''. He was married to the actress Elisabeth Lennartz. Selected f ...

and

Lucie Englisch Lucie Englisch (8 February 1902, in Baden bei Wien – 12 October 1965) was an Austrian actress. She was married to the actor Heinrich Fuchs. Selected filmography * '' The Night Belongs to Us'' (1929) * '' Three Days Confined to Barracks'' (19 ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p. 252 It was shot at the

Bavaria Studios Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film. History The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Fi ...

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

. The film's sets were designed by the art directors

Willi Horn Willi Horn (January 17, 1909 – May 31, 1989) was a German sprint canoeist, born in Berlin, who competed in the late 1930s. At the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially kno ...

and

Ludwig Reiber Ludwig Reiber (1904–1979) was a German art director.Capua p.159 The veteran Reiber worked on film and television set design from the silent era to the early 1970s. He was employed by the Munich-based Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios. He worke ...

Main cast

* Claude Farell as Isabella *

as Abruzzo *

as Babette, Köchin *

Karl Schönböck Karl Schönböck (4 February 1909 in Vienna – 24 March 2001 in Munich) was an Austrian actor.Lotte Stein as Gräfin Lydia Rutschenka *

Beppo Brem Beppo Brem (11 March 1906 in Munich, German Empire – September 5, 1990 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor, who was in over 200 film and television productions between 1932 and 1990. He often played stereotypically Bavarian charac ...

as Tarta, Unterhauptmann der Räuber *

Elisabeth Flickenschildt Elisabeth Ida Marie Flickenschildt (16 March 1905 – 26 October 1977) was a German actress, producer and author. She appeared in dozens of German language films and television productions between 1935–1976. Flickenschildt was born in Hamburg ...

as Martha, Abruzzos verlassene Frau *

Hanna Hutten Hannah or Hanna may refer to: People, biblical figures, and fictional characters * Hannah (name), a female given name of Hebrew origin * Hanna (Arabic name), a family and a male given name of Christian Arab origin * Hanna (Irish surname), a famil ...

as Gunda, Stubenmädchen * Franz Muxeneder as Sigi, ein Räuber *

Gustav Waldau Gustav Waldau (27 February 1871 – 25 May 1958) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1955. Selected filmography * '' The Gentleman Without a Residence'' (1915) * '' In Thrall to the Claw'' (1921) * '' Th ...

as Jacques, Kammerdiener

Secondary cast

* Blake Krëager as SS Officer

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1953 films West German films German comedy films 1953 comedy films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Ferdinand Dörfler German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot at Bavaria Studios {{1950s-Germany-film-stub