You Have to Be Beautiful

You Have to Be Beautiful
Directed by	Ákos Ráthonyi
Produced by	Walter Koppel; Gyula Trebitsch;
Written by	Gustav Kampendonk; Kurt Schwabach; Fritz von Woedtke;
Starring	Sonja Ziemann; Willy Fritsch; Anny Ondra;
Music by	Michael Jary
Cinematography	Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Klaus Dudenhöfer
Production; company	Real Film
Release date	1 February 1951
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

You Have to Be Beautiful (German: Schön muß man sein) is a 1951 German musical comedy film directed by Ákos Ráthonyi and starring Sonja Ziemann, Willy Fritsch and Anny Ondra. The film's sets were designed by art director Mathias Matthiess. It was Ondra's final film apart from a brief cameo role in The Affairs of Julie.[1]

It was made at the Wandsbek Studios of the Hamburg-based Real Film.

Plot

Impresario Zwickel (Rudolf Platte) fears for the preview of the new operetta. One day remains to complete the fragmentary opus. The complete finale is missing. While Zwickel is plodding to bring the dawdling composer duo Jupp (Willy Fritsch) and Juppi (Hardy Krüger) Holunder up to speed, there is mobbing going on behind the scenery: chorister Maria Schippe (Sonja Ziemann) accuses diva Rose (Anny Ondra) only to strike false notes. When the offended star refuses to enter the stage, Maria gets her great chance.

Cast

Sonja Ziemann as Maria Schippe
Willy Fritsch as Jupp Holunder
Anny Ondra as Rode de Lila
Hardy Krüger as Juppi Holunder Jr.
Rudolf Platte as Enrico Zwickel
Hans Richter as Walter Schippe
Ursula Herking as Wirtschafterin
Marina Ried as Tilly
Willy Maertens as Arzt
Carl Voscherau as Schröder - Portier
Joseph Offenbach as Kleiner Mann
Bruno Fritz as Regisseur Treff
Kurt Meister as Inspizient
Michael Jary as Kapellmeister
Jonny Crusoe as Jim
Horst von Otto as Barchef
Wolfgang Neuss as Moritatensänger
Margret Neuhaus as Moritatensänger
Die Hiller Girls as Themselves
Ilka Hugo
Das Original Hohner-Orchester as Orchestra
Will Raabe
Albert Vossen

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References

Bock & Bergfelder p. 347

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

You Have to Be Beautiful on IMDb

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[1] Bock & Bergfelder p. 347