''Crime Tango'' (German: ''Kriminaltango'') is a 1960 Austrian

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directed by

Géza von Cziffra Géza von Cziffra (; 19 December 1900 – 28 April 1989) was a Hungarian and Austrian film director and screenwriter. Life Cziffra was a Banat German in origin, born in 1900 in Arad in the Banat region, at that date in the Kingdom of Hungary ...

and starring

Peter Alexander Peter Alexander may refer to: * Pete Alexander (born Grover Cleveland Alexander; 1887–1950), American baseball player * Peter Alexander (Shakespearean scholar) (1893–1969), professor of English language and literature at the University of Glasgo ...

Vivi Bach Vivi Bach (3 September 1939 – 22 April 2013) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 48 films between 1958 and 1974. Bach was born as Vivi Bak in Copenhagen, Denmark, and died on Ibiza, Spain, where she lived with her husband, the Aust ...

and

Peter Carsten Peter Carsten (30 April 1928 – 20 April 2012) was a German actor and film producer. He appeared in 90 films between 1953 and 1999, including in supporting roles, '' Dark of the Sun'' (1968), ''Hannibal Brooks'' (1969), ''Madame Bovary'' ( ...

. It was a remake of the 1949 West German film ''

Dangerous Guests ''Dangerous Guests'' (german: Gefährliche Gäste) is a 1949 West German comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Wolf Albach-Retty, Vera Molnar and Paul Kemp.Bock & Bergfelder p. 240 It was made at the Wandsbek Studios of the Ham ...

'' which had also been directed by von Cziffra. The film's sets were designed by the art directors

Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff (1908–1993) was an Austrian art directorDassanowsky p.130 who worked on more than a hundred films during his career. Jüptner-Jonstorff was one of the leading figures in his field in Europe, designing sets for films such ...

and . It was shot at the

Sievering Studios Sievering Studios were film production studios located in Sievering, a suburb of the Austrian capital Vienna. The studios were established in 1916 by the film pioneer Alexander Kolowrat for use by his Sascha-Film. After the First World War they f ...

in Vienna.

Cast

Soundtrack

*Peter Alexander – " Kriminal-Tango" (Music by , German lyrics by

Kurt Feltz Kurt is a male given name of Germanic or Turkish origin. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and is ...

) *Peter Alexander – "Straße meiner Lieder" ("Quado vien la sera") (Music by , German lyrics by Kurt Feltz) *Peter Alexander and Vivi Bach – "Mille – Mille – Baci" (Music by , text by ) *"Panoptikum" (Music by Heinz Gietz, lyrics by Kurt Feltz)

References

External links

* 1960 musical comedy films Austrian black-and-white films Films directed by Géza von Cziffra Remakes of German films Sascha-Film films Gloria Film films Films shot at Sievering Studios Austrian musical comedy films {{Musical-comedy-film-stub