''Hannerl'' is a 1952 Austrian

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directed by

Ernst Marischka Ernst Marischka (2 January 1893 – 12 May 1963) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 90 films between 1913 and 1962. He also directed 29 films between 1915 and 1962. He wrote and directed the Sissi trilogy ...

and starring Johanna Matz,

Adrian Hoven Adrian Hoven (18 May 1922 – 28 April 1981) was an Austrian actor, producer and film director. He appeared in 100 films between 1947 and 1981. He was born in Wöllersdorf, Austria as ''Wilhelm Arpad Hofkirchner'' and died in Tegernsee, We ...

and

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 ...

.Fritsche p.244 It was shot at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.

Synopsis

Hannerl Möller, the daughter of a

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director, has ambitions to become a theater

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despite her father's disapproval. She secretly takes dance lessons, and then bluffs her way ahead of all the other hopefuls by pretending to be the daughter of the

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. Believing that she may actually be his daughter from a dalliance in

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many years before, he hires her for his latest

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show. This is to the irritation of the young

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Peter Bergmeister, who gradually develops feelings for her. However, when her lie about her parentage is about to be exposed, she runs away from the show.

Cast

* Johanna Matz as Hannerl Möller *

as Peter Bergmeister *

as Hermann Gerstinger * Richard Romanowsky as Eberhard Möller *

Adrienne Gessner Adrienne Gessner (23 July 1896 – 23 June 1987) was an Austrian actress. Gessner appeared in over fifty film and television shows during her career, including the 1955 costume film '' Royal Hunt in Ischl''. Gessner appeared in a mixture of German ...

as Elfie Möller * Loni Heuser as Frau Gerstinger * Eva Kerbler as Steffi Drexler, Tänzerin * Kurt Heintela s Harry Gerstinger *

Fritz Imhoff Fritz Imhoff, real name: Friedrich Arnold Heinrich Jeschke (January 6, 1891, Alsergrund February 24, 1961, Wieden) was an Austrian actor. He was a brother of the Wienerlied composer (18901962). Selected filmography * '' Daughter of the Re ...

as Dr. Waldemar Fink, Psychiater * Rudolf Platte as Schmidtmeier * Robert Rober as Konrad Schmöhle, Tänzer *

Elisabeth Stiepl Elisabeth Stiepl (27 February 1921 – 4 May 2007) was an Austrian film and television actress. As a character actress, she appeared in more than ninety film and TV productions during her career in small or supporting parts. Stiepl died in Neuleng ...

as Schwester Emma * Franz Böheim as Theater-Inspizient * Karl Fochler as Kostüm-Designer

References

Bibliography

* Fritsche, Maria. ''Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity''. Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

* 1952 films 1952 comedy films Austrian comedy films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Ernst Marischka Austrian black-and-white films Films shot at Sievering Studios Sascha-Film films Films about theatre Films scored by Willy Schmidt-Gentner {{1950s-Austria-film-stub