Kissing Is No Sin (1950 film)

For the silent film, see Kissing Is No Sin (1926 film).

Kissing Is No Sin
Curd Jürgens, Erika von Thellmann and Hans Olden
Directed by	Hubert Marischka
Written by	Ignaz Schnitzer (libretto Bruder Straubinger) Moritz West (libretto Bruder Straubinger) Rudolf Österreicher Hubert Marischka
Starring	Curd Jürgens Hans Olden Hans Moser
Cinematography	Josef Illig Franz Koch
Edited by	Adolf Schlyssleder
Music by	Alois Melichar
Production companies	Aco-Film Schönbrunn-Film
Distributed by	Union Film
Release date	28 September 1950 (1950-09-28)
Running time	107 minutes
Countries	Austria West Germany
Language	German

Kissing Is No Sin (German: Küssen ist keine Sünd) is a 1950 Austrian-German comedy film directed by Hubert Marischka and starring Curd Jürgens, Hans Olden and Hans Moser.^[1] The film takes its title from the waltz "Küssen ist keine Sünd" in Edmund Eysler's 1903 operetta Bruder Straubinger and features the song in its soundtrack.^[2]

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Salzburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Ledersteger and Ernst Richter.

Cast

• Curd Jürgens as Kammersänger, Felix Alberti
• Hans Olden as Ferdinand Schwaighofer, sein Impresario
• Hans Moser as Alois Eder, Gastwirt zur 'Goldenen Gans'
• Erika von Thellmann as Anastasia, seine Frau
• Elfie Mayerhofer as Tilly, deren Tochter
• Adolf Gondrell as Generaldirektor Steinberger
• Gisela Fackeldey as Mara, seine Freundin
• Hans Leibelt
• Theodor Danegger
• Max Schipper as Leopold, Gastwirt
• Gertrud Wolle as Hildegard
• Hélène Robert as Kathi
• Axel Scholtz as Kellnerjunge, Eduard
• Rudolf Schündler
• Hugo Gottschlich
• Hans Hais
• Paul Mahr
• Thea Aichbichler
• Richard Bender
• Rita Rechenberg
• Heinz Beck
• Franz Loskarn
• Rolf Pinegger
• Wastl Witt
• Herbert Hübner as Christian Reinecke, Oberlehrer

References

1. Von Dassanowsky p.138
2. Höfig, Willi (1973). Der deutsche Heimatfilm 1947-1960, p. 229. F. Enke. ISBN 3432018053

Bibliography

• Robert von Dassanowsky. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.

External links

• Kissing Is No Sin at IMDb