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{{short description|1958 film}}
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| name =Meine Frau macht Musik
| name = My Wife Makes Music
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| image = File:My Wife Makes Music.jpg
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| director = [[Hans Heinrich (director)|Hans Heinrich]]
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| writer = {{ubl|[[Marieluise Steinhauer]]|Hans Heinrich}}
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| starring =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Lore Frisch]]|[[Günther Simon]]|[[Maly Delschaft]]}}
| music =
| music = [[Gerd Natschinski]]
| cinematography =
| cinematography = [[Eugen Klagemann]]
| editing =
| editing = [[Friedel Welsandt]]
| distributor =
| studio = [[DEFA]]
| released = 1958
| distributor = [[Progress Film]]
| runtime =
| released = {{Film date|1958|04|03|df=yes}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = [[East Germany]]
| country = [[East Germany]]
| language = [[German language|German]]
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'''''Meine Frau macht Musik''''' is an [[East Germany|East German]] [[film]]. It was released in [[List of East German films|1958]].
'''''My Wife Makes Music''''' ({{lang-de|'''Meine Frau macht Musik'''}}) is an [[East Germany|East German]] [[musical film]] directed by [[Hans Heinrich (director)|Hans Heinrich]]. It was released in 1958, and sold 6,052,050 tickets.<ref>[http://www.insidekino.de/DJahr/DDRAlltimeDeutsch.htm List of the 50 highest-grossing DEFA films.]</ref> It was shot at the [[Babelsberg Studios]] in [[Potsdam]]. The film's set's were designed by the [[art director]] [[Oskar Pietsch]].
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==External links==
* {{Imdb title|id=|name=Meine Frau macht Musik }}


The film was very popular at the box office, but drew criticism from East Germany's communist authorities who regarded its style as too close to western commercial cinema.<ref>Feinstein p.141</ref>
{{Cinema of Germany}}

==Synopsis==
It was a [[revue]] film in which an East Berlin housewife is discovered and turned into a singing star by an Italian, much to her husband's disapproval.

==Cast==
* [[Lore Frisch]] as Gerda Wagner
* [[Günther Simon]] as Gustl Wagner
* [[Maly Delschaft]] as Susi Rettig
* [[Alice Prill]] as Eva Rettig
* [[Herbert Kiper]] as Fritz Rettig
* [[Evelyn Künneke]] as Daisy
* [[Alexander Hegarth]] as Fabiani
* [[Manon Damann]] as Soloist Ballett der Komischen Oper Berlin
* [[Walter E. Fuß]] as Barmixer
* [[Guido Goroll]] as Mann in Loge
* [[Klaus Gross]]
* [[Paul Heidemann]] as Direktor Nielsen
* [[Paul R. Henker]] as U-Bahn-Kontrolleur
* [[Werner Höllein]] as Soloist Ballett der Komischen Oper
* [[Katina Imme]] as Katharina
* [[Hans Klering]] as Hutkäufer
* [[Ruth Kommerell]] as Verkäuferin am Papierwarenstand
* [[Else Korén]] as Frau des Hutkäufers
* [[Genia Lapuhs]]
* [[Mario Lerch]] as Francesco
* [[Werner Lierck]] as Kunde
* [[Gitta Lind]]
* [[Alfred Maack]] as Pförtner
* [[Vladimir Marof]] as Ballettsolist der Komischen Oper Berlin
* [[Ingeborg Naß]]
* [[Kurt Schmidtchen]] as Arthur Papke
* [[Heinz Schubert (actor)|Heinz Schubert]] as Spießer
* [[Lou Seitz]] as Jette
* [[Friedrich Teitge]] as Bühnenarbeiter
* [[Nico Turoff]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* Feinstein, Joshua. ''The Triumph of the Ordinary: Depictions of Daily Life in the East German Cinema, 1949–1989''. University of North Carolina Press, 2002.

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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|51919}}


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[[Category:1958 films]]
[[Category:East German films]]
[[Category:East German films]]
[[Category:German-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in Berlin]]
[[Category:German musical films]]
[[Category:1958 musical films]]
[[Category:1950s German-language films]]
[[Category:Films about singers]]
[[Category:Films directed by Hans Heinrich]]
[[Category:1950s German films]]
[[Category:Films shot at Babelsberg Studios]]


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Revision as of 21:07, 7 May 2024

My Wife Makes Music
Directed byHans Heinrich
Written by
Starring
CinematographyEugen Klagemann
Edited byFriedel Welsandt
Music byGerd Natschinski
Production
company
Distributed byProgress Film
Release date
  • 3 April 1958 (1958-04-03)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryEast Germany
LanguageGerman

My Wife Makes Music (‹See Tfd›German: Meine Frau macht Musik) is an East German musical film directed by Hans Heinrich. It was released in 1958, and sold 6,052,050 tickets.[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. The film's set's were designed by the art director Oskar Pietsch.

The film was very popular at the box office, but drew criticism from East Germany's communist authorities who regarded its style as too close to western commercial cinema.[2]

Synopsis

It was a revue film in which an East Berlin housewife is discovered and turned into a singing star by an Italian, much to her husband's disapproval.

Cast

References

  1. ^ List of the 50 highest-grossing DEFA films.
  2. ^ Feinstein p.141

Bibliography

  • Feinstein, Joshua. The Triumph of the Ordinary: Depictions of Daily Life in the East German Cinema, 1949–1989. University of North Carolina Press, 2002.
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