''Slap in the Face'' () is a 1970 West German

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directed by

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and starring

Curd Jürgens Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens (13 December 191518 June 1982) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens. He was well known for playing Ernst Udet in ''Des Teufels Gener ...

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, and

Alexandra Stewart Alexandra Stewart (born June 10, 1939) is a Canadian actress. Biography Born in Montreal, Quebec, Stewart left for Paris, France, in 1958, to study art. Within a year, she made her film debut in '' Les Motards'', and has since then enjoyed a ste ...

.Bock & Bergfelder, p. 472. It is a loose remake of the 1937 film ''

Seven Slaps ''Seven Slaps'' (German: ''Sieben Ohrfeigen'') is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Paul Martin and starring Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch and Alfred Abel. Like the earlier ''Lucky Kids'', which had the same director and stars, it was an attem ...

''. The film was shot on location in

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and the Selenter See.

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* 1970 comedy films German comedy films West German films Films directed by Rolf Thiele Remakes of German films Films based on Hungarian novels 1970s German-language films 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub