Father Needs a Wife

1952 film

Father Needs a Wife
Theatrical film poster

German	Vater braucht eine Frau

Directed by	Harald Braun
Written by	Christian Bock Herbert Reinecker Herbert Witt
Produced by	Harald Braun
Starring	Dieter Borsche Ruth Leuwerik Bruni Löbel
Cinematography	Richard Angst
Edited by	Claus von Boro
Music by	Franz Grothe
Production company	Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft
Distributed by	Schorcht Filmverleih
Release date	17 October 1952 (1952-10-17)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Father Needs a Wife (German: Vater braucht eine Frau) is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Harald Braun and starring Dieter Borsche, Ruth Leuwerik and Bruni Löbel.^[1] It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location around Lautersee and Mittenwald. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Sohnle and Fritz Lück.

Plot

A widowed father advertises for a new maid, but his children secretly seek a woman to be his new wife.

Cast

Dieter Borsche as Dr. Hans Neumeister
Ruth Leuwerik as Susanne Meissner
Bruni Löbel as Lotti Hellwig
Günther Lüders as Photograph Kurt Fischer
Therese Giehse as Frau Nickel
Paul Bildt as Herr in der Anzeigenannahme
Wera Frydtberg as Gisela
Angelika Meissner as Ulla Neumeister - daughter
Urs Hess as Philipp Neumeister - Age 11
Migg Hess as Martin Neumeister - Age 10
Oliver Grimm as Tom Neumeister - Age 4

References

^ Hake, Sabine (2009). Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (eds.). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 282. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6. ISBN 978-1571816559. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6. S2CID 252868046.