''My Ninety Nine Brides'' (German: ''Meine 99 Bräute'') is a 1958 West German

romantic comedy film Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Romantic comedy e ...

directed by

Alfred Vohrer Alfred Vohrer (29 December 1914 – 3 February 1986) was a German film director and actor. He directed 48 films between 1958 and 1984. His 1969 film ''Seven Days Grace'' was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1972 ...

and starring Claus Wilcke,

Horst Frank Horst Frank (28 May 1929 – 25 May 1999) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1955 and 1999. He was born in Lübeck, Germany and died in Heidelberg, Germany. Selected filmography * '' Der Stern von Afrika'' (1 ...

and

Wera Frydtberg Wera Frydtberg (11 August 1926 – 16 June 2008) was a German film and television actress. She appeared in '' I Often Think of Piroschka'' (1955) Her best known film ''Wir Wunderkinder ''Wir Wunderkinder'' is a 1958 West German comedy film dir ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p.504 It was shot at the

Tempelhof Studios The Tempelhof Studios are a film studio located in Tempelhof in the German capital of Berlin. They were founded in 1912, during the silent era, by German film pioneer Alfred Duskes, who built a glass-roofed studio on the site with financial back ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Karl Weber.

Synopsis

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 ...

a womaniser who has had dalliances with ninety nine different girls eventually meets the hundredth and falls genuinely in love with her.

Cast

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1958 films 1958 romantic comedy films German romantic comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Alfred Vohrer Films shot at Tempelhof Studios Films set in Munich 1950s German films Films scored by Martin Böttcher {{1950s-Germany-film-stub