''Once Is Never'' () is a 1955 East German

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

Konrad Wolf Konrad Wolf (20 October 1925 – 7 March 1982) was an East Germany, East German film director. He was the son of writer, doctor and diplomat Friedrich Wolf (writer), Friedrich Wolf, and the younger brother of Stasi spymaster Markus Wolf. "Koni" ...

and starring Horst Drinda,

Brigitte Krause Brigitte Krause (1929–2007) was a German actress who from 1948 was trained at the East German DEFA studios in East Berlin, Berlin. While still a student, in 1949 she made her debut as Christel in Kurt Maetzig's film ''Girls in Gingham''. She wen ...

and Paul Schulz-Wernburg.Davidson & Hake p. 237 It was made by the state-controlled studio

DEFA DEFA (''Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft'') was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) throughout the country's existence. Since 2019, DEFA's film heritage has been made accessible and licensable on the PR ...

Cast

* Horst Drinda as Peter Weselin *

as Anna Hunzele * Paul Schulz-Wernburg as Edeltanne * Annemone Haase as Elvira * Christoph Engel as Erwin * Friedrich Gnaß as Hunzele * Georg Niemann as Düdelit-Düdelat * Lotte Loebinger as Muhme *

Hilmar Thate Hilmar Thate (17 April 1931 – 14 September 2016) was a German actor. He appeared in 40 films and television shows between 1955 and 2016. Filmography References External links * 1931 births 2016 deaths German male film actors G ...

as Buhlemann * Fritz Decho as Fibrament * Horst Gentzen as Gack * Edgar Engelmann as Gwriz *

Erich Brauer Erich Brauer (28 June 1895, in Berlin – 9 May 1942, in Petah Tikvah) was a German Jewish illustrator, ethnographer, and ethnologist. As an artist he chose to be known as Erich Chiram Brauer. He often signed his art work "Chiram". Early lif ...

as Kranz * Johanna Bucher as Frau Kranz * Johannes Siegert as Dr. Scherb *

Inge Huber Inge is a given name in various Germanic language, Germanic language-speaking cultures. In Swedish and Norwegian, it is mostly used as a masculine, but less often also as a feminine name, sometimes as a short form of Ingeborg, while in Danish, Est ...

as Marie Alvert *

Johannes Arpe Johannes Arpe (29 July 1897 – 3 October 1962) was a German actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1953 to 1962. Selected filmography References External links * 1897 births 1962 deaths German male film actors 20t ...

as Arzt * Gertrud Paulun as Haushälterin * Norbert Christian as Pinco * Gustav Müller as Wadenwärmer * Liska Merbach as Luise * Paul Pfingst as Fahrer * Jutta Beetz as Rothaarige Dame * Maika Joseph as 1. Beerenfrau * Lotte Meyer as 2. Beerenfrau * Rolf Bartholsen as Briefträger * :de:Jutta Zoff as Akkordeonsolistin

References

Bibliography

* Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. ''Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany''. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

* 1955 films 1955 comedy films German comedy films East German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Konrad Wolf 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-comedy-film-stub