''Beloved Impostor'' (German: ''Geliebte Hochstaplerin'') is a 1961 German comedy film directed by

Ákos Ráthonyi Ákos Ráthonyi (26 March 1908 – 6 January 1969) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He directed 42 films between 1936 and 1968. He was born in Budapest, Hungary and died in Munich, West Germany. Selected filmography * ''Saraj ...

and starring

Nadja Tiller Nadja Tiller (born 16 March 1929 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian actress. She was one of the most popular German-speaking actresses of international films of the 1950s and 1960s. Biography Nadja Tiller, daughter of actor Anton Tiller of Vie ...

, Walter Giller,

Elke Sommer Elke Sommer (; born Elke Baronin von Schletz, 5 November 1940) is a German actress. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in ''The Pink Panther (1963 film), The Pink Panther'' sequel ''A S ...

and Dietmar Schönherr. It is based on a play by Jacques Deval.BFI.org
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s Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in

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with location shooting aboard the

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'' SS Hanseatic''.

Cast

as Martine Colombe * Walter Giller as Robert Bolle *

as Barbara Shadwell * Dietmar Schönherr as David Ogden *

Loni Heuser Loni Heuser (January 22, 1908 in Düsseldorf – March 6, 1999 in Berlin) was a German film actress. Selected filmography * ''Liebe in Uniform'' (1932) * '' The Hour of Temptation'' (1936) - Barsängerin * ''Abenteuer im Grandhotel'' (1943) - He ...

as Mrs. Ogden *

Ljuba Welitsch Ljuba Welitsch (''Veličkova''; bg, Люба Величкова 10 July 1913 – 1 September 1996) was an operatic soprano. She was born in Borisovo, Bulgaria, studied in Sofia and Vienna, and sang in opera houses in Austria and Germany in ...

as Celia Shadwell * Rainer Penkert as Ship paymaster *Frank Freytag as Mr. Stanford *

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 Adam, bodyguard *Manfred Steffen as Bernhard, bodyguard *Kurt Zips as Caesar, bodyguard *

Edith Hancke Edith Hancke (; 14 October 1928 – 4 June 2015) was a German stage, film and television actress. Life and career Edith Hancke, daughter of a bank clerk, grew up in Berlin-Charlottenburg. She received an education at the Lettehaus and, at the ...

as stewardess * Hans Richter as Steward Pfister *Kurt A. Jung as first steward *Gert Segatz as second steward

References

External links

* 1960s crime comedy films 1960s German-language films German crime comedy films West German films Films set on ships Films about con artists German films based on plays Films based on works by Jacques Deval Real Film films 1961 comedy films Films directed by Ákos Ráthonyi Films shot at Wandsbek Studios 1960s German films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub