The Sweet Life of Count Bobby

The Sweet Life of Count Bobby
German film poster
German	Das süsse Leben des Grafen Bobby
Directed by	Géza von Cziffra
Written by	Géza von Cziffra
Produced by	Herbert Gruber Karl Schwetter
Starring	Peter Alexander Ingeborg Schöner Gunther Philipp
Cinematography	Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Arnfried Heyne
Music by	Peter Laine
Production company	Sascha Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	27 April 1962 (1962-04-27)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

The Sweet Life of Count Bobby (German: Das süsse Leben des Grafen Bobby) is a 1962 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Peter Alexander, Ingeborg Schöner and Gunther Philipp. It was the second in a trilogy of films featuring Alexander in the character of Count Bobby.^[1] It was followed by Count Bobby, The Terror of The Wild West in 1966.

It was partly shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff.

Plot

Count Bobby and his friend are running a struggling detective agency. They get a break when they investigate a gang of smugglers using a nightclub as a front. In order to infiltrate the organisation, Bobby is required to go undercover dressed as a woman.

Cast

• Peter Alexander as Count Robert 'Bobby' von Pinelski
• Ingeborg Schöner as Vera Burger
• Gunther Philipp as Baron Mucki von Kalk
• Margitta Scherr as Babsy
• Oskar Sima as Benvenuto Sokrates Socre
• Rolf Olsen as Pietro Krokowitsch
• Gerd Frickhöffer as Marchese Peperoni
• Sieglinde Thomas as Helene
• Fritz Muliar as Director Pullizer
• Bill Ramsey as Johnny H. Clayton
• Heide Alrun as Rita
• Erna Ascher as Loni, a sex bomb
• Karl Ehmann as old waiter
• Johannes Ferigo as doorman at the Grand Hotel
• C.W. Fernbach as conductor
• Peter Machac as Heribert Leitner
• Raoul Retzer as a gentleman on the train
• Krista Stadler as Gerti
• Elisabeth Stiepl as cleaning lady at the 'Bajadere'
• Heinrich Trimbur as Director Langberg

References

1. von Dassanowsky, Robert (2005). Austrian Cinema: A History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 190. ISBN 0786437332.

External links

• The Sweet Life of Count Bobby at IMDb