''My Daughter Patricia'' (German: ''Meine Tochter Patricia'') is a 1959 Austrian

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directed by

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and starring

Martin Held Martin Held (1908–1992) was a German television and film actor. Partial filmography * '' Dark Eyes'' (1951) - Alexander Grabner * ''Homesick for You'' (1952) - Direktor Petermann * '' Canaris Master Spy'' (1954) - Obergruppenfuehrer Heydrich ...

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and Gerlinde Locker.Bock & Bergfelder p.474 The film's sets were designed by the

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. It was shot at the

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Synopsis

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finds his life disrupted when he discovers that he has an eighteen-year-old daughter living in

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Cast

as Heinz Roland, Apotheker *

as Der Lüthi, Provisor * Gerlinde Locker as Patricia Roland *

Chariklia Baxevanos Chariklia Baxevanos (born 15 March 1936) is a Swiss actress. She appeared in more than sixty films since 1952. Selected filmography References External links * 1936 births Living people Swiss film actresses Swiss television actres ...

as Denise Bermont *

Marianne Schönauer Marianne Schönauer (1920–1997) was an Austrian stage, television and film actress. During her career she made over fifty appearances in film and television series and also enjoyed success as a singer. She was born in Vienna as Marianne Schiff ...

as Celia Bermont * Edith Elmay as Trudchen Pälmann *

Hans Thimig Hans Emil Thimig, pseudonym: Hans Werner (23 July 1900 in Vienna – 17 February 1991, also in Vienna) was an Austrian actor, film director, and stage director. Life The youngest son of the Burgtheater actor Hugo Thimig and Franziska "Fanny" H ...

as Dr. Hartung *

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as Redakteur Bluhme

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1959 films 1959 comedy films Austrian comedy films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner Films shot at Rosenhügel Studios {{1950s-Austria-film-stub