''Hello, Fraulein!'' (german: Hallo, Fräulein!) is a 1949 German
musical film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...
directed by
Rudolf Jugert and starring
Margot Hielscher,
Hans Söhnker and
Peter van Eyck. It was made by the
Munich-based company
Bavaria Film in what would shortly become
West Germany. It marked the German debut of van Eyck who had actually been born in
Pomerania but had spent many years in the United States, leading him to be promoted in the film's publicity as an American actor.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Max Mellin. It was shot at the
Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's music combines elements of American
big band jazz and German
folk music.
[Davidson & Hake p. 49]
Synopsis
In
Southern Germany in the months after the end of the
Second World War, the commander of American forces occupying a German town tries to promote friendship with the locals by organising a musical show with the assistance of a female
music student
Music education is a field of practice in which educators are trained for careers as elementary or secondary music teachers, school or music conservatory ensemble directors. Music education is also a research area in which scholars do original ...
who has recently returned from entertaining German soldiers on the
Eastern Front. By inviting a multi-national
orchestra to perform, the two achieve greater international harmony although the student ultimately decides to marry a local
architect rather than the American soldier.
Cast
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Margot Hielscher as Maria Neubauer
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Hans Söhnker as Walter Reinhardt
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Peter van Eyck as Tom Keller
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Bobby Todd
Bobby Todd (22 June 1904 – 7 September 1980) was a German film actor. He appeared in 34 films between 1926 and 1961.
Selected filmography
* ''Cruiser Emden'' (1932)
* ''The Dream of Butterfly'' (1939)
* '' The Original Sin'' (1948)
* ''He ...
as Cesare
*
Heidi Scharf
''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' (german: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and ''Heidi: How She Used ...
as Renate
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Iska Geri as Grit
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Hannelore Bollmann as Herta
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Madelon Truß as Berta
*
Werner Scharfenberger Werner may refer to:
People
* Werner (name), origin of the name and people with this name as surname and given name
Fictional characters
* Werner (comics), a German comic book character
* Werner Von Croy, a fictional character in the ''Tomb Raid ...
as Teddy
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Richard Bendig as Seppl
*
Oliver Hassencamp
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Selected filmography Film adaptations
*', directed by Franz Peter Wirth (1963, based on the novel ''Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn'')
*''Shiverstone Castle, Burg S ...
as René
*
Johannes Buzalski as Gabor
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Toni Thormal as Jan
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Jürgen Wulf as Hans
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Peter Fiedler as Fritz
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Panos Papadopulos as Musiker
*
Freddie Brocksieper Fritz "Freddie" Brocksieper (August 24, 1912 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire – January 17, 1990) was a German jazz-musician, drummer, and bandleader.
Early life
Brocksieper was born in Constantinople. At a young age in 1917, he observed militar ...
as Musiker
*
Helmut Zacharias
Helmut Zacharias (27 January 192028 February 2002) was a German violinist and composer who created over 400 works and sold 14 million records. He also appeared in a number of films, usually playing musicians.
Early life
Helmut Zacharias was bo ...
as Musiker
*
Eberhard Keim Eberhard is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild boar.
People
First name
* Eberhard of Friuli (815–866), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian Empire
*Eberhard of Béthune
Eberhard of Béthune (also known as Everard o ...
as Musiker
*
Cläre Ruegg as Frau Neuhaus
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Bob Norwood
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* Mount Bob, New York, United States
*Bob Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
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as Sergeant
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Franklie Clay as Sam
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Ingeborg Morawski
Ingeborg is a Germanic feminine given name, mostly used in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, derived from Old Norse ''Ingiborg, Ingibjǫrg'', combining the theonym ''Ing'' with the element ''borg'' "stronghold, protection". Ingebjørg is the Nor ...
as Frl. Senkpiel
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Petra Unkel as Roswitha
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Karl Schopp as Alois
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Thomas Quigley
*
Bill Nuzun
*
Gertrud Braun
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* Gertrude (crater), a crater on Uranus's moon Titania
*710 Gertrud, a minor planet
Terrestrial placenames
*Gertrude, Arkansas
*Gertrude, Washington
*Gertrude, West Virginia
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References
Bibliography
* Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. ''Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany''. Berghahn Books, 2007.
* Lutz Peter Koepnick. ''The Cosmopolitan Screen: German Cinema and the Global Imaginary, 1945 to the Present''. University of Michigan Press, 2007.
External links
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1949 films
West German films
German musical films
1949 musical films
1940s German-language films
Films directed by Rudolf Jugert
Films about music and musicians
German black-and-white films
Bavaria Film films
Films shot at Bavaria Studios
1940s German films
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