''Hello Porter'' (German: ''Hallo Dienstmann'') is a 1952 Austrian
comedy film directed by
Franz Antel and starring
Paul Hörbiger,
Hans Moser and
Maria Andergast.
[Dassanowsky p.68] It was shot at the
Schönbrunn Studios
The Schönbrunn Studios were film studios located in the Austrian capital Vienna in the grounds of the Schönbrunn Palace. It took over the site of the old palm house, which had been replaced by the newer Palmenhaus Schönbrunn in the 1880s.
Esta ...
in
Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Felix Smetana
Felix Smetana (1907 – 1968) was a German art director.Fritsche p.259 He designed the sets for many Austrian and German films during the postwar era.
Selected filmography
* ''Wedding in the Hay'' (1951)
* '' Hello Porter'' (1952)
* '' Ideal Wom ...
. Hörbiger and Moser appeared again together in the 1958 film ''
Hello Taxi
''Hello Taxi'' (German: ''Hallo Taxi'') is a 1958 Austrian comedy film directed by Hermann Kugelstadt and starring Hans Moser (actor), Hans Moser, Paul Hörbiger and Oskar Sima.Bock & Bergfelder p.216 Two old friends in Vienna, both Fiacre (carria ...
''.
Synopsis
A series of confusions emerge between
Professor Ferdinand Godai, a music academic masquerading as
porter and Anton Lischka an authentic
Dienstmann.
Cast
*
Paul Hörbiger as Professor Ferdinand Godai
*
Hans Moser as Dienstmann Anton Lischka
*
Maria Andergast as Gaby Brandstätter
*
Waltraut Haas
Waltraut Haas (born 9 June 1927) is an Austrian actress and singer.
Born in Vienna, Haas grew up at Schloss Schönbrunn, where her mother was a restaurateur. Haas made her stage debut in Linz but was soon won over to the big screen. She achieved ...
as Hansi Scheidl
*
Susi Nicoletti as Susi, Godais geschiedene Frau
*
Annie Rosar as Rosa, Lischkas Schwester
*
Harry Fuß
Harry may refer to:
TV shows
* ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin
* ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons
* ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show ...
as Alex Lischka
*
Rudolf Carl as Scheidl, Friseur
*
Richard Eybner
Richard Eybner (March 3, 1896 – June 20, 1986) was an Austrian actor at the theatre and in films.
Selected filmography
* ''Spring Parade'' (1934)
* ''Peter'' (1934)
* '' Little Mother'' (1935)
* ''Dance Music'' (1935)
* ''The Postman from Long ...
as Professor Ruhmann
*
Hilde Jaeger
Hilde may refer to:
*Hilde (given name)
* ''Hilde'' (film), a 2009 German biopic film
* MV ''Hilde'', a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker
*Tom Hilde (born 1987), Norwegian ski jumper
Characters
*Hilde (Soulcalibur), a character in the ''Soul'' series ...
as Frau Scheidl
References
Bibliography
* Dassanowsky, Robert. ''World Film Locations: Vienna''. Intellect Books, 2012.
* 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 Franz Antel
Austrian black-and-white films
Constantin Film films
Films set in Vienna
Films shot at Schönbrunn Studios
Films scored by Hans Lang
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