''My Daughter and I'' (German: ''Meine Tochter und ich'') is a 1963 West German

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directed by Thomas Engel and starring

Heinz Rühmann Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (; 7 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. He is one of the most famous and popular German actors of the 20th century, and is considered a Ge ...

Gustav Knuth Gustav Knuth (7 July 1901 – 1 February 1987) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1935 and 1982 and starred in the TV series ''Alle meine Tiere''. He was married to the actress Elisabeth Lennartz. Selected ...

and

Gertraud Jesserer Gertraud Jesserer (13 December 1943 – 9 December 2021) was an Austrian film and television actress. Jesserer was the wife of German actor Peter Vogel and the mother of actor-journalist Nikolas Vogel. She died in a house fire in Vienna on 9 De ...

.Körner p.227 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 ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Rolf Zehetbauer Rolf Zehetbauer (13 February 1929 – 23 January 2022) was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. Zehetbauer won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film ''Cabaret''. He died on 23 January 2022, at ...

and

Herbert Strabel Herbert Strabel (14 October 1927 – 21 October 2017) was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film ''Cabaret''. He died a week after his 90th birthd ...

Cast

as Dr. Robert Stegemann *

as Dr. Walther *

as Biggi *

Eckart Dux Eckart Dux (19 December 1926 – 9 April 2024) was a German actor and voice artist. Biography Eckart Dux was born in Berlin on 19 December 1926. His father was an insurance executive. He completed his training as an actor with Else Bongers in ...

as Jochen *

Agnes Windeck Agnes Windeck (; 27 March 1888 – 28 September 1975) was a German theatre and film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1939 and 1973. She was born in Hamburg and started her career at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in 1904. S ...

as Frau Winkler * Herta Saal as Frau Brenner * Christiane Nielsen as Marion * Heinz Schubert as Detektiv

References

Bibliography

* Körner, Torsten. ''Der kleine Mann als Star: Heinz Rühmann und seine Filme der 50er Jahre''. Campus Verlag, 2001.

External links

* 1963 films West German films German comedy films 1963 comedy films 1960s German-language films Films directed by Thomas Engel Gloria Film films Films shot at Bavaria Studios 1960s German films Films scored by Franz Grothe {{1960s-Germany-film-stub