' is a 1956 West German film directed by

Karl Anton Karl Anton or Karel Anton (25 October 1898 12 April 1979) was a Bohemian-born German film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Biography He was born in Prague on 25 October 1898. His father, Wilhelm Anton (1861–1918) was a physician. ...

. The film is also known as ' (German title in Belgium).

Plot summary

The title refers to the leading character, the post mistress Christel, in

Carl Zeller Carl Adam Johann Nepomuk Zeller (19 June 1842 – 17 August 1898) was an Austrian composer of operettas. Zeller was born in Sankt Peter in der Au, the only child of physician Johann Zeller and Maria Anna Elizabeth. Zeller's father died before h ...

's 1891

operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs and including dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, and length of the work. Apart from its shorter length, the oper ...

Cast

Gardy Granass Gardy Granass (born 7 January 1930) is a retired German actress. She appeared in around forty films and television series, after making her screen debut in '' Tromba'' (1949). In 1953 she appeared in ' based on a Hans Schubert play.Goble p.412 ...

as Christel Werner, post mistress *

Hardy Krüger Hardy Krüger (; born Eberhard August Franz Ewald Krüger; 12 April 1928 – 19 January 2022) was a German actor and author who appeared in more than 60 films from 1944 onwards. After becoming a film star in Germany in the 1950s, Krüger increas ...

as Horst Arndt, assistant police detective * Claus Biederstaedt as Mecky Doppler *

Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrians, Austrian theatre and film actor. Life and work Paul Hörbiger was born in the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the ...

as Ferdinand Brenneis, hotel owner *

Hannelore Bollmann Hannelore Bollmann (10 May 1925 – 7 April 2023) was a German actress. She appeared in more than thirty films, often in leading roles. Bollmann died in Santa Barbara, California on 7 April 2023, at the age of 97. Selected filmography * ''Kin ...

as Rita Hohenfeld * Gunther Philipp as Poldi Blaha * Carla Hagen as Ruth Bornemann, post mistress *

Lotte Rausch Lotte Rausch (24 May 1913 – 11 March 1995) was a German stage and film actress.Youngkin p.324-25 Selected filmography * '' If We All Were Angels'' (1936) * ''The Broken Jug'' (1937) * '' Triad'' (1938) * ''Women for Golden Hill'' (1938) * ' ...

as Ella Lenz, inn keeper * Ludwig Manfred Lommel as Prof. Hummel, botanist *

Karl Hellmer Karl Hellmer (11 March 1896 – 18 May 1974) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1932 and 1969. He was born in Vienna, Austria and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''I by Day, You by Night'' (1932) * ...

as Pelzer, hotel porter *

Stanislav Ledinek Stanislav Ledinek (26 June 1920 – 30 March 1969) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1953 and 1968. He died in Istanbul, Turkey. Selected filmography * ''Such a Charade'' (1953) * '' Red Roses, Red Lips, Re ...

as Antonio, owner of a

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Hilde von Stolz Hilde von Stolz (8 July 1903 in Segesvár, Nagy-Küküllő County, Austria-Hungary, now Romania – 16 December 1973 in West Berlin, West Germany) was an Austrian-German actress. Von Stolz attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and made he ...

as Anni Klewinski * Oscar Sabo as Klabuschke * as Klewinski, general direktor *Hans Schwarz Jr. as Franz, valet * * as Otto *

Carl Wery Carl Sebastian Martin Wery (born Wery de Lemans; 7 August 1897 in Trostberg, Upper Bavaria – 14 March 1975 in Munich) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' No Day Without You'' (1933) * '' Anna and Elizabeth'' (1933) - Annas Vater * ...

as Egon Hanke, police detective * as themselves

Soundtrack

*"" (Music by Werner Müller, lyrics by ) *"" (Music by Werner Müller, lyrics by Hans Bradtke) *"" (Music by Werner Müller, lyrics by Hans Bradtke)

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* * *, Claus Biederstaedt, Gardy Granass 1956 films West German films 1956 romantic comedy films German romantic comedy films 1950s German-language films Constantin Film films 1950s German films German-language romantic comedy films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub

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