''Trouble in Paradise'' () is a 1950 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

Joe Stöckel Josef "Joe" Stöckel (27 September 1894, Munich – 14 June 1959) was a Germans, German actor, screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Actor * ''The Villa in Tiergarten Park'' (1927) * ''The Champion Shot'' (1932) * ''S.A.-Mann Brand' ...

and starring

Olga Chekhova Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova (; ; 14 April 1897 – 9 March 1980), known in Germany as Olga Tschechowa, was a Russian-German actress. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred Hitchcock's '' Mary'' (1931). Biography Olga Konstantinov ...

Trude Hesterberg Trude Hesterberg (2 May 1892 – 31 August 1967) was a German film actress. She appeared in 89 films between 1917 and 1964. Selected filmography * ''Ein Schwerenöter'' (1916) – Liddy * ''Die Eheschule'' (1917) * ''Die Reise ins Jenseits ...

and

Trude Haefelin Trude Haefelin (1 July 1914 – 3 October 2008) was a German film and stage actress. Biography Haefelin grew up in Munich-Schwabing as a half-ore after the father had fallen in the First World War. She attended the Lyzeum of the English Miss i ...

.Ohmann p. 320 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 ...

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

and on location in

Mittenwald Mittenwald () is a German municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria. Geography Mittenwald is located approximately 16 kilometres to the south-east of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is situated in the Valley of the river Isar, ...

and

Grainau Grainau (Southern Bavarian: ''Groana'') is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in southern Bavaria, Germany. It is located at the foot of the Zugspitze mountain, the tallest mountain in Germ ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Rudolf Pfenninger and Max Seefelder.

Plot

Cast

as Myriam Esneh *

as Ulrike Möller *

as Zenzi Pointner *

Elfie Pertramer Elfie Pertramer (1924–2011) was a German stage and film actress.Höfig p.225 Born in Munich, she appeared in a number of films, particularly comedies, with a Bavarian theme. Selected filmography * '' Two in One Suit'' (1950) * '' Trouble in Pa ...

as Kathi * Olly Gubo as Iris Mehltreter *

Viktor Staal Viktor Staal (17 February 1909 – 4 June 1982) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * '' Everything for the Company'' (1935) * '' Eva, the Factory Girl'' (1935) * '' Das Einmaleins der Liebe'' (1935) * '' The World's in Love'' (1935 ...

as Hans Soltau *

as Ignaz Pointner *

Beppo Brem Beppo Brem (11 March 1906 in Munich, German Empire – September 5, 1990 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor, who was in over 200 film and television productions between 1932 and 1990. He often played stereotypically Bavarian characte ...

as Wastl *

Rudolf Reiff Rudolf Reiff (1901–1961) was a German stage and film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of th ...

as Hannibal Möller *

Heini Göbel Heini Göbel (1910–2009) was a German film, stage and television actor. In 1955 he portrayed Hercule Poirot in a German television adaptation of Agatha Christie's ''Murder on the Orient Express'' the first time the novel had been adapted for th ...

as Stieglitz, gen. Leporello * Walter Kiaulehn *

Willem Holsboer Willem Holsboer (3 August 1905 – 16 June 1959) was a German stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Comradeship'' (1931) * ''Peer Gynt'' (1934) * ''Street Music'' (1936) * '' People Who Travel'' (1938) * ''Three Wonderful Days'' (1939 ...

Ernst Rotmund Ernst Rotmund (26 November 1886 – 2 March 1955) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1917 to 1954. Selected filmography References External links

* 1886 births 1955 deaths German male film actors ...

as Preßburger * Waldemar Frahm *

Alfred Pongratz Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlu ...

as Bader-Simmerl *

Franz Fröhlich Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...

Franz Loskarn Franz Loskarn (3 May 1890 – 22 April 1978) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Behind Monastery Walls (1928 film), Behind Monastery Walls'' (1928) * ''Almenrausch and Edelweiss (1928 film), Almenrausch and Edelweiss'' (1928) * ''L ...

Ernst Schönle Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (born ...

* Hermann Goebel *

Hubert von Meyerinck Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (23 August 1896 – 13 May 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1970. Biography Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858� ...

References

Bibliography

* Oliver Ohmann. ''Heinz Rühmann und "Die Feuerzangenbowle": die Geschichte eines Filmklassikers''. Lehmstedt, 2010.

External links

* 1950 films 1950 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Joe Stöckel German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot at Bavaria Studios Films scored by Werner Bochmann German-language comedy films {{1950s-Germany-comedy-film-stub