The Happy Wanderer (film)

1955 film

Rudolf Schock
Waltraut Haas
Elma Karlowa
Willy Fritsch

CinematographyKurt SchulzEdited byHermann LeitnerMusic byNorbert Schultze

Production
company

Berolina Film

Distributed byHerzog-Filmverleih

Release date

22 September 1955 (1955-09-22)

Running time

100 minutesCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman

The Happy Wanderer (German: Der fröhliche Wanderer) is a 1955 West German romantic comedy film directed by Hans Quest. It stars Rudolf Schock, Waltraut Haas, Elma Karlowa, and Willy Fritsch.^[1]^[2] It was shot in Agfacolor at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location in Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Kuhnert.

It is more than just a romantic comedy, but also is a Heimatfilm and references the Wandervogel movement and thus deals with modernization as a movement and its resonance on the culture where the film is set.

Cast

Rudolf Schock as Axel Wendt
Waltraut Haas as Toni Peters
Elma Karlowa as Rita Mehling
Willy Fritsch as Kurt Henner
Paul Hörbiger as Dr. Peters, Tonis Vater
Gunther Philipp as Heini Krops
Helen Vita as Ida
Wolfgang Lukschy as Klaus Hoppe
Ernst Waldow as Operndirektor
Wolfgang Neuss as Regisseur Kneppke
Otto H. Eck
Peter Finkbeiner [de] as Knabe
Trude Hesterberg as Milena Gaad, Gesangslehrerin
Fritz Hoppe as Bassist
Hans Nerking Hans Nerking
Dagmar Schock Dagmar Schock
Edith Schollwer [de] as Malk, Sängerin
Fritz Wagner as 2. Tenor

References

^ Weinmann, Beatrice (2007). Waltraut Haas: Biografie. St. Pölten: Residenz-Verlag. p. 293. ISBN 978-3-7017-3039-1.
^ Bock & Bergfelder p.134

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. ISBN 978-0-85745-565-9.

External links

The Happy Wanderer at IMDb

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Films directed by Hans Quest

Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne (1955)
The Happy Wanderer (1955)
Charley's Aunt (1956)
Wenn Poldi ins Manöver zieht (1956)
Ein Mann muß nicht immer schön sein (1956)
The Girl Without Pyjamas (1957)
Kindermädchen für Papa gesucht (1957)
The Big Chance (1957)
Die Lindenwirtin vom Donaustrand (1957)
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein (1958)
Mein Schatz ist aus Tirol (1958)
Nick Knatterton's Adventure (1959)
Twelve Girls and One Man (1959)
Bei der blonden Kathrein (1960)

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