The Inn on the Lahn
{{short description|1955 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Inn on the Lahn
| image =File:The Inn on the Lahn.jpg
| caption =
| director = Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla
| producer = Ernst Neubach
|based_on =
| writer = Ernst Neubach
| narrator =
| starring =Dorit Kreysler
Oskar Sima
Ingrid Pan
| music = Will Meisel
| cinematography = Károly Kurzmayer
| editing = Lieselotte Prattes
| studio =Neubach Film
| distributor = Atlantic Film
| released = {{Film date|1955|09|20|df=yes}}
| runtime = 97 minutes
| country = West Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
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The Inn on the Lahn or The Hostess of the Lahn (German: Die Wirtin an der Lahn) is a 1955 West German comedy film directed by Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla and starring Dorit Kreysler, Oskar Sima and Ingrid Pan.Goble p.259Klossner p.180 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Paul Markwitz .
Synopsis
Karoline Steinmeier and her husband Josef are a tight-fisted couple who run an inn on the River Lahn near the Rhineland. For years they have been collecting the pension of her grandfather who had long since died, from his employer, a winemaker. When he wants to visit to celebrate the old man's hundred birthday, the couple urgently have to find a replacement grandfather in order to prevent the fraud being discovered.
Cast
- Dorit Kreysler as Karoline Steinmeier
- Oskar Sima as Josef Steinmeier, ihr Gatte
- Hanita Hallan as Gretl, beider Nichte
- Josef Egger as Großvater Zimperl
- Ingrid Pan as Marie Zimperl, seine Enkelin
- Werner Fuetterer as Herr Sonnenschein, Handlungsreisender
- Joachim Brennecke as Direktor Hans Eschelbach
- Katharina Mayberg as Josefine, Kellnerin
- Irina Garden as Claire
- Ludwig Schmidseder as Gendarm
References
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Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0048808}}
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Category:1950s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla
Category:Films scored by Will Meisel
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