The Big Chance (1957 German film)
The Big Chance (German: Die große Chance) is a 1957 West German romantic comedy film directed by Hans Quest and starring Walter Giller, Gardy Granass and Michael Cramer.[1] Shot and set in Heidelberg, it was one of a series of Schlager music films made around the time.[2]
| The Big Chance | |
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| Directed by | Hans Quest |
| Produced by | Peter Schaeffers |
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| Starring | |
| Music by | Lotar Olias |
| Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
| Edited by | Walter von Bonhorst |
Production company | Melodie Film |
| Distributed by | Herzog-Filmverleih |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Dieter Bartels and Helmut Nentwig. It was shot in Agfacolor.
Main cast
- Walter Giller as Walter Gerber
- Gardy Granass as Ruth Degner
- Michael Cramer as Manfred Hallersperg
- Wera Frydtberg as Erika Hallersperg
- Robert Freitag as Kaplan Sommer
- Loni Heuser as Henriette 'Henny' Hallersperg
- Käthe Haack as Anna Gerber
- Ernst Waldow as Tankstellenbesitzer Oskar Magenau
- Friedrich Domin as Bischof
- Peter Lühr as Studienrat Heinrich Gerber
- Bruno Fritz as Fabrikant Otto Hallersperg
- Johanna Hofer as Großmutter Degner
- Erna Sellmer as Wirtschafterin Luise
- Gisela Schlüter as Susi Viereck
- Harald Martens as Eugen Gerber
- Renate Danz as Lilli
- Klaus Behrendt as Klaus Pranner
- Willi Schaeffers as Theo Janicke
- Ernst Jacobi as Tommy Reichmann
- Willi Rose as Willi Baumann
- Lou Seitz as Frau Lehmann, Köchin
- Peter Vogel as Peter Fiedler
- Harald Dietl as Heinz
- Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann as Conferencier
- Freddy Quinn as Freddy
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References
- Rasmussen, Bjørn (1968). Filmens hvem-vad-hvor: Udenlanske film 1950–1967 (in Danish). Politiken. p. 876.
- Koepnick p. 76
Bibliography
- Koepnick, Lutz Peter; Schindler, Stephan K., eds. (2007). The Cosmopolitan Screen: German Cinema and the Global Imaginary, 1945 to the Present. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-06966-8.
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