''Love and Trumpets'' () is a 1954 West German

musical comedy 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 break ...

directed by

Helmut Weiss Helmut Weiss (January 25, 1907 – January 13, 1969) was a German actor, screenwriter, and film director. He was notable for directing ''Tell the Truth (film), Tell the Truth'', the first film produced after the Second World War in what was to bec ...

and starring Hans Holt, Nadja Tiller and

Marianne Koch Marianne Koch (; born 19 August 1931) is a German retired actress, best known for her appearances in Spaghetti Westerns and adventure films of the 1960s. She later worked as a television host and as a physician. Career Between 1950 and 1971 ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.477 It was shot at the

Bavaria Studios Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film. History The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Firs ...

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

and on location around

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Ludwig Reiber.

Synopsis

In a fictional European country just before the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, two womanising guards officers flirt endlessly with women. However, when Peter von Salis goes too far and compromises young noblewoman Bettina von Brixen, he is forced by the king to marry her. Meanwhile his friend Nikolaus is involved with the free-spirited dancer Ninon.

Cast

* Hans Holt as Peter von Salis * Nadja Tiller as Ninon Careli Star *

as Bettina von Brixen * Adolf Gondrell as Stahl * Krista Keller as Therese *

Franz Muxeneder Franz Muxeneder (19 October 1920 – 3 January 1988) was an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1948 to 1987. Muxeneder is best known in Great Britain for his part in the Yugoslav-German television series '' The White ...

as Hupp *

Gunnar Möller Gunnar Möller (1 July 1928 – 16 May 2017) was a German television actor, television and film actor. He appeared in over 160 film and television productions between 1940 and 2016. He was most successful as a leading man in German cinema of the 1 ...

as Nikolaus von Laffen * Brigitte Rau * Willy Reichert *

Sepp Rist Sepp Rist (24 February 1900 – 11 December 1980) was a German film actor.Goble p.480 In WW1 he served in the Imperial German Navy. He was married to the actress Carla Rust. Partial filmography * '' Storm over Mont Blanc'' (1930) - Hannes * '' S ...

Edith Schultze-Westrum Edith Käthe Elisabeth Schultze-Westrum (30 December 1904 – 20 March 1981) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1932 and 1979. These included the role of Mrs. Hudson in the 1962 film ''Sherlock Holmes and ...

as Frau von Barro *

Helen Vita Helen Vita (7 August 1928 in Hohenschwangau – 16 February 2001 in Berlin) was a Swiss chanson singer, actress, and comedian. In 1966 Vita recorded ''Freche Chansons aus dem alten Frankreich'', traditional French chansons translated into German. T ...

Ernst Waldow Ernst Waldow (22 August 1893 – 5 June 1964) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Rübezahl's Wedding'' (1916) * '' Sin of a Beautiful Woman'' (1929) *'' The Green Domino'' (19 ...

as Oberst von Küchlin *

as Der Grossherzog Heinrich XVIII

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books.

External links

* 1954 films 1954 musical comedy films German musical comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Helmut Weiss German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot at Bavaria Studios Films shot in Italy Films set in the 1910s German historical films 1950s historical films {{musical-comedy-film-stub