''Dutch Girl'' () is a 1953 German

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directed by Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla and starring Sonja Ziemann,

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and Hans Moser.Bock & Bergfelder p.553 It was shot at the Spandau Studios in

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. The sets were designed by the

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Rolf Zehetbauer.

Synopsis

The film portrays the rivalry between a

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and a flower producer and the eventual love affair between their children.

Cast

* Sonja Ziemann as Antje *

as Jan * Hans Moser as Knoop * Grethe Weiser as Frau Quietsch * Rudolf Platte as Brisling *

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as Leuwendahl * Oskar Karlweis as Schmidtchen *

Carsta Löck Carsta Löck (28 December 1902 – 9 October 1993) was a German film actress. Life The daughter of a merchant grew up in Kiel and worked as a typographer. After training as an actor, she made her debut as Rosi in Hermann Sudermann's The Butterfl ...

as Frau Schmidtchen * Wilfried Seyferth as Quietsch * Ethel Reschke as Molly *

Rolf Weih Rolf Weih (1906–1969) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Flachsmann the Educator'' (1930) * '' Comrades at Sea'' (1938) * '' Alarm at Station III'' (1939) * '' In the Name of the People'' (1939) * '' The Governor'' (1939) * ''Ala ...

as Polizeioffizier *

Wolfgang Neuss Wolfgang Neuss (3 December 1923 – 5 May 1989) was a German actor and Kabarett artist. Wolfgang Neuss and (1922–1960) were a popular double act. Beginning in the mid-1960s, Neuss also became famous for his political engagement, first for ...

as Mr. Zimt *

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as Mr. Sugar *

Eduard Linkers Eduard Linkers (11 October 1912 – 3 April 2004) was an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1936 and 1988. Life He was born as Eduard Linker to a family of Jewish descent in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary. He studied act ...

as Polizeiwachtmeister * Ursula Herking as Dienstmädchen * Gert Kollat * Wolfgang Jansen * Bruce Low as Singer * Werner Müller as himself * Die Travellers as Singers * Herbert Weissbach

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1953 films 1953 musical comedy films German musical comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla German black-and-white films Films shot at Spandau Studios 1950s German films Films scored by Heino Gaze German-language musical comedy films {{1950s-Germany-musical-comedy-film-stub