Marriage for One Night
Directed byViktor Tourjansky
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyFranz Koch
Edited byGertrud Hinz-Nischwitz
Music byErnst Jäger
Production
company
Ariston Film
Distributed byNeue Filmverleih
Release date
18 February 1953
Running time
91 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Marriage for One Night (German: Ehe für eine Nacht) is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Hannelore Bollmann and Adrian Hoven.[1] It was shot at the Carlton Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Arne Flekstad.

Synopsis

The photographer Hans Hoppe is an inveterate gambler as well as being the proud father of three children. His wealthy brother in America Pedro offers to pay a dowry for his three children to get married, but Hans uses the money to pay off his gambling debts at the racetrack. Things are thrown awry when Pedro arrives on a visit. Hans gets his children to act out the role of loving spouses, but the when the "wife" of one of his son's falls in love with Pedro, he sees through the trick. He ultimately forgives his brother for his scam.

Cast

References

  1. Bock & Bergfelder p.139

Bibliography

  • Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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