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Wikipedia article
'My Wife Makes Music' is an East German musical film directed by Hans Heinrich. It was released in 1958, and sold 6,052,050 tickets.[http://www.insidekino.de/DJahr/DDRAlltimeDeutsch.htm List of the 50 highest-grossing DEFA films.] 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.
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.Feinstein p.141
The film's art direction was by Oskar Pietsch.
Cast
* Lore Frisch as Gerda Wagner
* Gnther Simon as Gustl Wagner
* Maly Delschaft as Susi Rettig
* Alice Prill as Eva Rettig
* Herbert Kiper as Fritz Rettig
* Evelyn Knneke as Daisy
* Alexander Hegarth as Fabiani
* Manon Damann as Soloist Ballett der Komischen Oper Berlin
* Walter E. Fu as Barmixer
* Guido Goroll as Mann in Loge
* Klaus Gross
* Paul Heidemann as Direktor Nielsen
* Paul R. Henker as U-Bahn-Kontrolleur
* Werner Hllein as Soloist Ballett der Komischen Oper
* Katina Imme as Katharina
* Hans Klering as Hutkufer
* Ruth Kommerell as Verkuferin am Papierwarenstand
* Else Korn as Frau des Hutkufers
* Genia Lapuhs
* Mario Lerch as Francesco
* Werner Lierck as Kunde
* Gitta Lind
* Alfred Maack as Pfrtner
* Vladimir Marof as Ballettsolist der Komischen Oper Berlin
* Ingeborg Na
* Kurt Schmidtchen as Arthur Papke
* Heinz Schubert as Spieer
* Lou Seitz as Jette
* Friedrich Teitge as Bhnenarbeiter
* Nico Turoff
References
Bibliography
* Feinstein, Joshua. 'The Triumph of the Ordinary: Depictions of Daily Life in the East German Cinema, 19491989'. University of North Carolina Press, 2002.
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