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{{short description|1958 film}}
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| name = My Wife Makes Music
| name = My Wife Makes Music
| image =
| image = File:My Wife Makes Music.jpg
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| director = [[Hans Heinrich (director)|Hans Heinrich]]
| director = [[Hans Heinrich (director)|Hans Heinrich]]
| producer =
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| writer = [[Marieluise Steinhauer ]] <br> Hans Heinrich
| writer = {{ubl|[[Marieluise Steinhauer]]|Hans Heinrich}}
| narrator =
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| starring = [[Lore Frisch]] <br> [[Günther Simon]] <br> [[Maly Delschaft]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Lore Frisch]]|[[Günther Simon]]|[[Maly Delschaft]]}}
| music = [[Gerd Natschinski ]]
| music = [[Gerd Natschinski]]
| cinematography = [[Eugen Klagemann ]]
| cinematography = [[Eugen Klagemann]]
| editing =[[Friedel Welsandt ]]
| editing = [[Friedel Welsandt]]
| studio = [[DEFA]]
| studio = [[DEFA]]
| distributor =
| distributor = [[Progress Film]]
| released = 3 April 1958
| released = {{Film date|1958|04|03|df=yes}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = [[East Germany]]
| country = [[East Germany]]
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'''''My Wife Makes Music''''' (German:'''''Meine Frau macht Musik''''') is an [[East Germany|East German]] [[ musical film]] directed by [[Hans Heinrich (director)|Hans Heinrich]]. It was released in [[List of East German films|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 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.
'''''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]].


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>
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>


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


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


==External links==
==External links==
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Latest 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 (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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

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

Bibliography[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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