The Wedding Hotel

The Wedding Hotel
Directed by	Carl Boese
Written by	Gustav Kampendonk Géza von Cziffra Carl Boese
Produced by	Erich Holder
Starring	Karin Hardt René Deltgen Walter Janssen Ernst Waldow
Cinematography	Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Edited by	Willy Zeunert
Music by	Willy Mattes
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	Deutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date	12 December 1944(1944-12-12)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Wedding Hotel(German:Das Hochzeitshotel) is a 1944 Germancomedy filmdirected byCarl Boeseand starringKarin Hardt,René DeltgenandWalter Janssen.Due toAlliedbombing raids on German cities likeBerlin,much of the film was shot aroundKitzbühelinTyrol.It was one of a number of light-hearted German films made in the final year of theThird Reich.

Synopsis

A group ofartistsandjournalistsenjoy a series of romantic entanglements in a country hotel. An author, Vera von Eichberg "of whom no photo exists," has mentioned the hotel in her work, boosting its notoriety. When another female guest arrives, everyone assumes she is the author, despite her repeated assertions to the contrary.

Main cast

• Karin Hardtas Brigitte Elling, Verkäuferin
• René Deltgenas Viktor Hoffmann, Pressephotograph
• Walter Janssenas Burgmüller, Schriftsteller
• Ernst Waldowas Alexander, sein Sekretär
• Hermann Pfeifferas Dr. Wolter, Burgmüllers Verleger
• Hans Hermann Schaufußas Rupp, Chef eines Pressedienstes
• Georg Vogelsangas Nepomuk Balg, Amtsvorsteher
• Helmuth Helsigas Hacke, Kriminalkommissar
• Edwin Jürgensenas Berendt, Juwelier
• Roma Bahnas Frau Berendt
• Hans Fidesseras Geschäftsführer im "Seehotel"
• Ernst Sattleras Portier im "Seehotel"
• Franz Weberas Knauer, Herausgeber einer Provinzzeitung

Bibliography

• Kreimeier, Klaus.The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945.University of California Press, 1999.

External links

• The Wedding HotelatIMDb