The Charming Young Lady (film)

The Charming Young Lady
Directed by	Georg Thomalla
Written by	Vineta Bastian-Klinger Rolf Dortenwald
Produced by	Heinz Laaser
Starring	Georg Thomalla Herta Staal Gisela Fackeldey
Cinematography	Bruno Timm
Edited by	Lilian Seng
Music by	Ralph Benatzky Georg Haentzschel
Production company	Algefa Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	25 December 1953 (1953-12-25)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Charming Young Lady (German: Bezauberndes Fräulein) is a 1953 West German musical comedy film directed by Georg Thomalla and starring Thomalla, Herta Staal and Gisela Fackeldey.^[1] It is in the operetta film tradition and is based on the 1933 stage work of the same title by Ralph Benatzky. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in the city including around Wannsee. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rolf Zehetbauer.

Cast

• Georg Thomalla as Paul Norman
• Herta Staal as Annette
• Gisela Fackeldey as Rosette
• Wilfried Seyferth as Felix Bernard
• Irene Adam as Hanni, Schülerin von Felix
• Carin Bäumler as Lilo, Schülerin von Felix
• Hans Leibelt as Schokoladenkönig Braun
• Käte Pontow as Luise, seine Tochter
• Ingrid Rentsch as Eva, Schülerin von Felix
• Karl Schönböck as Hektor Kranz
• Petra Unkel as Julie, Hausmädchen
• Ursula von Manescul as Christa, Schülerin von Felix
• Ernst Waldow as Ministerialdirigent Hanau

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p.546

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Charming Young Lady at IMDb