''Two in One Suit'' () is a 1950 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

Joe Stöckel Josef "Joe" Stöckel (27 September 1894, Munich – 14 June 1959) was a Germans, German actor, screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Actor * ''The Villa in Tiergarten Park'' (1927) * ''The Champion Shot'' (1932) * ''S.A.-Mann Brand' ...

and starring Stöckel,

Wolf Albach-Retty Wolf Albach-Retty (born Wolfgang Helmuth Albert Albach; 28 May 1906 – 21 February 1967) was an Austrian actor. He was the father of Romy Schneider with the German actress Magda Schneider. Career Born as Wolfgang Helmuth Albert Albach in Vienna ...

and

Olga Chekhova Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova (; ; 14 April 1897 – 9 March 1980), known in Germany as Olga Tschechowa, was a Russian-German actress. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred Hitchcock's '' Mary'' (1931). Biography Olga Konstantinov ...

.Frank p. 173 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 Firs ...

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

and on location around

Schwabing Schwabing is a borough in the northern part of Munich, the Capital (political), capital of the Germany, German state of Bavaria. It is part of the city borough 4 (Schwabing-West) and the city borough 12 (Schwabing-Freimann). The population of Sc ...

. 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 Rudolf Pfenninger and Max Seefelder.

Cast

as Thomas Bimslechner *

as Otto Vogel *

Heini Göbel Heini Göbel (1910–2009) was a German film, stage and television actor. In 1955 he portrayed Hercule Poirot in a German television adaptation of Agatha Christie's ''Murder on the Orient Express'' the first time the novel had been adapted for th ...

as Waldemar Zirngibl *

as Catherine Turner *

Rudolf Reiff Rudolf Reiff (1901–1961) was a German stage and film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of th ...

asNick Turner * Hannes Keppler as 'Baron' Egon *

Trude Haefelin Trude Haefelin (1 July 1914 – 3 October 2008) was a German film and stage actress. Biography Haefelin grew up in Munich-Schwabing as a half-ore after the father had fallen in the First World War. She attended the Lyzeum of the English Miss i ...

as Luise Brandstötter *

Elise Aulinger Elise Aulinger (11 December 1881 – 12 February 1965) was a German stage, radio and film actress. Selected filmography * ''The Favourite of the Queen'' (1922) * ''Martin Luther'' (1923) * '' What the Stones Tell'' (1925) * ''The Seventh Son'' ( ...

as Frau Bimslechner * Gilda Bauermeister as Bessy Turner *

Rudolf Vogel Rudolf Vogel (born 10 November 1900, Planegg – died 9 August 1967, Munich) was a German film and television actor. He was the father of Peter Vogel, the father-in-law of Austrian actress Gertraud Jesserer and the grandfather of actor-journ ...

as Gerichtsvollzieher *

Elfie Pertramer Elfie Pertramer (1924–2011) was a German stage and film actress.Höfig p.225 Born in Munich, she appeared in a number of films, particularly comedies, with a Bavarian theme. Selected filmography * '' Two in One Suit'' (1950) * '' Trouble in Pa ...

Franz Loskarn Franz Loskarn (3 May 1890 – 22 April 1978) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Behind Monastery Walls (1928 film), Behind Monastery Walls'' (1928) * ''Almenrausch and Edelweiss (1928 film), Almenrausch and Edelweiss'' (1928) * ''L ...

as Schutzmann *

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 characte ...

as Dienstmann * Ulla Best * Wolf Harro *

Alfred Pongratz Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlu ...

Thea Aichbichler Thea Aichbichler Mohr (21 August 1889 – 25 June 1957) was a German actress. She appeared in more than thirty films from 1934 to 1957. Selected filmography References External links * 1889 births 1957 deaths German film actresses ...

References

Bibliography

* Stefanie Mathilde Frank. ''Wiedersehen im Wirtschaftswunder: Remakes von Filmen aus der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus in der Bundesrepublik 1949–1963''. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2017.

External links

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