''They Call It Love'' () is a 1953 West German

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directed by John Reinhardt and starring

Winnie Markus Winnie Markus (1921–2002) was a Czechoslovakia-born Germany, German film actor, film and television actress whose captivating performances left an indelible mark on the German entertainment industry. With a career spanning over four decades, M ...

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 ...

and

Richard Häussler Richard Häussler (26 October 1908 – 28 September 1964) was a German actor and film director. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1936 and 1964. He also directed seven films between 1951 and 1957. He was born in Munich, Bavaria, Germ ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p. 232 It was shot at the

Bavaria Studios Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film. History The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Firs ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Ludwig Reiber Ludwig Reiber (1904–1979) was a German art director.Capua p.159 The veteran Reiber worked on film and television set design from the silent era to the early 1970s. He was employed by the Munich-based Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios. He worked ...

Cast

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1953 films 1953 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by John Reinhardt German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot at Bavaria Studios Films scored by Franz Grothe {{1950s-Germany-comedy-film-stub