''The False Adam'' () is a 1955 West 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

Géza von Cziffra Géza von Cziffra (; 19 December 1900 – 28 April 1989) was a Hungarian and Austrian film director and screenwriter. Life Cziffra was a Banat German in origin, born in 1900 in Arad, Romania, Arad in the Banat region, at that date in the King ...

and starring Waltraut Haas, Rudolf Platte and

Doris Kirchner Doris Kirchner (3 May 1930 – 26 March 2015) was an Austrian stage, film and television actress. Kirchner died in Ahrensburg, Germany on 26 March 2015, at the age of 84. Selected filmography * '' Fanfare of Marriage'' (1953) * '' Arlette Conque ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Albrecht Becker and

Herbert Kirchhoff Herbert Kirchhoff (1911–1988) was a German art director. Selected filmography * '' Nora's Ark'' (1948) * '' My Wife's Friends'' (1949) * '' The Last Night'' (1949) * '' Second Hand Destiny'' (1949) * '' Third from the Right'' (1950) * '' Harb ...

. It was shot at the

Wandsbek Studios The Wandsbek Studios are film production and television studios located in Wandsbek, a district of the German city of Hamburg. The complex was established in 1948 when Real Film, set up the previous year, acquired a site in Wandsbek for construc ...

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

Cast

* Waltraut Haas as Renate Meinecke * Rudolf Platte as Adam Waldemar Meinecke, ihr Mann *

as Mabel, Meyer's daughter * Walter Müller as Robert Bullinger * Loni Heuser as Luise, Meyer's wife * Oskar Sima as Mr. Meyer *

Günther Lüders Günther Lüders (5 March 1905 – 1 March 1975) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1934 and 1975. He lived in Urfeld am Walchensee from 1954 until 1975. Selected filmography * ''Count Woronzeff'' (1934), as Cousin ...

as Jan Piepenbrink *

Erni Mangold Erni Mangold (sometimes Ernie or Erna; born as Erna Goldmann on 26 January 1927) is an Austrian actress and stage director. Since 1948, she had appeared in more than 75 films and TV productions. Life Goldmann was born into a family of artists. T ...

as Dolly Dobbs * Peter Garden *Karin von Dassel *Hans Schwarz Jr. * Joseph Offenbach *Holger Hagen *Marga Maasberg *Tim Oldehoff *Horst von Otto *Joachim Wolf *Josef Albrecht as waiter *Heinz Frese as husband *Sonja Wilken as young lady

References

External links

* 1955 comedy films German comedy films West German films Films directed by Géza von Cziffra Films shot at Wandsbek Studios German black-and-white films 1950s German films 1950s German-language films {{1950s-Germany-comedy-film-stub