''Hello Taxi'' (German: ''Hallo Taxi'') is a 1958 Austrian

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Hermann Kugelstadt Hermann Kugelstadt (1912–2001) was a German screenwriter and film director.Von Dassanowsky p.171 In the 1950s he directed a number of productions in the popular heimatfilm tradition. During the 1960s he switched to television work. Selected fil ...

and starring Hans Moser,

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 ...

and

Oskar Sima Oskar Sima (31 July 1896 – 24 June 1969) was an Austrian actor who is best remembered for appearing in supporting roles in countless comedy films from the 1930s to the 1960s. Born in Hohenau an der March, Lower Austria, Sima attended high sc ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.216 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 It took over the site of the old palm house, which had been replaced by the newer Palmenhaus Schönbrunn in the 1880s.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 ...

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

Plot

Two old friends in

, both carriage drivers, fall out when one of them buys a modern taxi.

Main cast

* Hans Moser as Leopold Gruber *

as Franz Schwarzl *

as Kommerzienrat Schellnegger *

Lucie Englisch Lucie Englisch (8 February 1902, in Baden bei Wien – 12 October 1965) was an Austrian actress. She was married to the actor Heinrich Fuchs. Selected filmography * ''The Night Belongs to Us'' (1929) * ''Three Days Confined to Barracks (1930 fi ...

as Adele Schellnegger * Gerlinde Locker as Lisa *

Walter Kohut Walter Kohut (20 November 1927 – 18 May 1980) was an Austrian film, television and theatre actor. He appeared in many Austrian and German films over a 30-year period and became known for playing shady characters. He became known internationally ...

as Herbert Gerlinger * Brigitte Antonius as Pipsi * Jürgen Holl as Karl Schellnegger

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1958 films Austrian comedy films 1958 comedy films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Hermann Kugelstadt Films shot at Schönbrunn Studios Films set in Vienna Films shot in Vienna Films about taxis Films scored by Hans Lang German-language comedy films {{1950s-Austria-film-stub