Greetings and Kisses from Tegernsee

Greetings and Kisses from Tegernsee (German: Gruß und Kuß vom Tegernsee) is a 1957 West German musical romantic comedy film directed by Rudolf Schündler and starring Elma Karlowa, Bert Fortell and Christiane Maybach. It was part of a large number of heimatfilm pictures produced during the decade.[1][2] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location around Tegernsee. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann.

Greetings and Kisses from Tegernsee
Directed byRudolf Schündler
Written byK.H. Butte
Joachim Wedekind
Produced byJohannes J. Frank
StarringElma Karlowa
Bert Fortell
Christiane Maybach
CinematographyWerner M. Lenz
Edited byJohanna Meisel
Music byKarl Bette
Production
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Hans Deppe Film
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
  • 19 December 1957 (1957-12-19)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

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An American daughter of a millionaire hotelier is due to go to finishing school at Bad Wiessee on Lake Tegernsee but wants to head to Paris to meet up with her boyfriend Billy. So she hires Lissy, a music student, to take her place. Lissy succeeds in the impersonation and falls in love with Max, the nephew of the headteacher. Complications ensue when Billy arrives, and having completely forgotten his American girlfriend, falls for Steffi who runs a kiosk.

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References

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  1. ^ Ludewig p.238
  2. ^ Von Moltke p.28

Bibliography

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  • Ludewig, Alexandra. Screening Nostalgia: 100 Years of German Heimat Film. transcript Verlag, 2014.
  • Von Moltke, Johannes. No Place Like Home: Locations Of Heimat In German Cinema. University of California Press, 2005.
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