''Request Concert'' (german: Wunschkonzert) is a 1955 West German musical comedy film directed by

Erik Ode Erik Ode (born Fritz Erik Signy Odemar, 6 November 1910 – 19 July 1983) was a German director and actor who was most famous for playing Kommissar ''Herbert Keller'' in the German television drama '' Der Kommissar'' (The Police Inspector). He mar ...

and starring Germaine Damar,

Georg Thomalla Georg Thomalla (14 February 1915 – 25 August 1999) was a German actor. He appeared in about one hundred fifty film and television productions between 1939 and 2000 and was widely known in Germany for his comedic roles. Thomalla was well k ...

and Renate Holm.Hobsch p. 59 It was shot at the Bendestorf Studios and on location in nearby

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Mellin and Wolf Englert.

Cast

as Willy Vogel * Germaine Damar as Inge * Renate Holm as Renate Holm * Paul Dahlke as Knoll *

Bully Buhlan Bully Buhlan (3 February 1924 – 7 November 1982) was a German musician and actor.Barnett p.180 Filmography References Bibliography * Barnett, David. ''A History of the Berliner Ensemble''. Cambridge University Press, 2015. External links * ...

as Bully Buhlan * Walter Gross as Lüdecke * Peter W. Staub as Fireman, guitarist *

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as Horn *

Peer Schmidt Peer Eugen Georg Schmidt (11 March 1926; Erfurt, Weimar Germany – 8 May 2010; Berlin) was a German actor who specialized in films, television and dubbing. He is best known as the German voice of Gérard Philipe, Marlon Brando and Jean-Paul Belm ...

as Ad man, pianist * Macky Kaspar as Brown, trumpeter *

Kurt Vespermann Kurt Vespermann (1 May 1887 – 13 July 1957) was a German stage and film actor. Career Vespermann was born into an actor's family in Culmsee, West Prussia, Imperial Germany today Chełmża, Poland. Already his great-grandparents wer ...

as Steinberg *

Erica Beer Erica Beer (19 January 1925 – 27 December 2013) was a German film actress. She was born in Munich. Selected filmography * '' Captive Soul'' (1952) * '' The Last Waltz'' (1953) * ''Heartbroken on the Moselle'' (1953) * '' They Were So Young' ...

as Knoll's wife * Inge Meysel as Cleaning lady * Linda Caroll as Knoll's mistress *

Josef Dahmen Josef Dahmen (21 August 1903 – 18 January 1985) was a German stage, film and television actor.Youngkin p. 462. Dahmen was married to the actress Gisela von Collande, with whom he had a daughter Andrea Dahmen. His granddaughter Julia Dahmen ...

as Fire chief * Peter Frankenfeld as Peter Frankenfeld

References

Bibliography

* Manfred Hobsch. ''Liebe, Tanz und 1000 Schlagerfilme''. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 1998.

External links

* 1955 films 1955 musical comedy films German musical comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Erik Ode German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot in Hamburg {{1950s-Germany-film-stub