Father Needs a Wife

Father Needs a Wife
Theatrical film poster
German	Vater braucht eine Frau
Directed by	Harald Braun
Written by	Christian Bock Herbert Reinecker Herbert Witt
Produced by	Harald Braun
Starring	Dieter Borsche Ruth Leuwerik Bruni Löbel
Cinematography	Richard Angst
Edited by	Claus von Boro
Music by	Franz Grothe
Production company	Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft
Distributed by	Schorcht Filmverleih
Release date	17 October 1952 (1952-10-17)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Father Needs a Wife (German: Vater braucht eine Frau) is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Harald Braun and starring Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik and Bruni Löbel.^[1] It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location around Lautersee and Mittenwald. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Sohnle and Fritz Lück.

Plot

A widowed father advertises for a new maid, but his children secretly seek a woman to be his new wife.

Cast

• Dieter Borsche as Dr. Hans Neumeister
• Ruth Leuwerik as Susanne Meissner
• Bruni Löbel as Lotti Hellwig
• Günther Lüders as Photograph Kurt Fischer
• Therese Giehse as Frau Nickel
• Paul Bildt as Herr in der Anzeigenannahme
• Wera Frydtberg as Gisela
• Angelika Meissner as Ulla Neumeister - daughter
• Urs Hess as Philipp Neumeister - Age 11
• Migg Hess as Martin Neumeister - Age 10
• Oliver Grimm as Tom Neumeister - Age 4

References

1. Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 282. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.

External links

• Father Needs a Wife at IMDb