Fanfares of Love

{{Short description|1951 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Fanfares of Love | image =Fanfares of Love.jpg | caption = | director = [[Kurt Hoffmann]] | producer = [[Harald Braun (director)|Harald Braun]] | writer = {{ubl|[[Michael Logan (author)|Michael Logan]]|[[Heinz Pauck]]|[[Robert Thoeren]]}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Dieter Borsche]]|[[Georg Thomalla]]|[[Inge Egger]]}} | music = [[Franz Grothe]] | cinematography = [[Richard Angst]] | editing = [[Claus von Boro]] | studio = [[Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft]] | distributor = {{ubl|Schorcht Filmverleih}} | released = {{Film date|1951|09|14|df=yes}} | runtime = 91 minutes | country = West Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Fanfares of Love''''' ({{langx|de|'''Fanfaren der Liebe'''}}) is a 1951 West German [[comedy film]] directed by [[Kurt Hoffmann]], starring [[Dieter Borsche]], [[Georg Thomalla]] and [[Inge Egger]]. It is a remake of the 1935 French film ''[[Fanfare of Love]]''. It was a major hit and in 1953 a sequel ''[[Fanfare of Marriage]]'' was released, showing the further adventures of the main characters.

==Production== The story was based on a screenplay written by [[Robert Thoeren]] while working in the [[Weimar Republic]] in the early 1930s. After emigrating to [[Paris]] following the [[Nazi]] takeover of power, it was developed into a French film directed by [[Richard Pottier]].

It was shot at the [[Bavaria Studios]] in [[Munich]] with sets designed by the [[art director]] [[Franz Bi]]. [[Location filming]] also took place at [[Berchtesgaden]] in the [[Bavarian Alps]].

==Hollywood remake== The film was remade in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] in 1959 by [[Billy Wilder]] as ''[[Some Like It Hot]]''. Thoeren screened the 1951 German film for Wilder, who secured the remake rights. In contrast to the contemporary setting of the German film, Wilder shifted the action back to the 1920s. He later tried to downplay the extent to which he was influenced by the original, describing it as "a very low budget, very third-class German picture".<ref>Ginsberg & Mensch p.392</ref>

In the German dubbing of ''Some Like It Hot'', Georg Thomalla served as the voice for [[Jack Lemmon]] in his role as the second musician - exactly the role which Thomalla played eight years earlier in this film.

==Synopsis== Two struggling male musicians, unable to get any work, dress as women in order to get work in an all-female band.

==Cast== * [[Dieter Borsche]] as Hans Mertens * [[Georg Thomalla]] as Peter * [[Inge Egger]] as Gaby Bruck * [[Grethe Weiser]] as Lydia d'Estée * [[Oskar Sima]] as Hallinger * [[Ilse Petri]] as Sabine * [[Beppo Brem]] as Boxer * [[Hans Fitz]] as Friedrich * [[Ursula Traun]] as Anette * [[Viktor Afritsch]] as Friseur * [[Herbert Kroll]] as Poehle * [[Michl Lang]] as Hotelportier Brunhuber * [[Walther Kiaulehn]] as Oberkellner

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Terri Ginsberg & Andrea Mensch. ''A Companion to German Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0043522}} * [http://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/fanfaren-der-liebe_ea43d4a69e8e5006e03053d50b37753d ''Fanfaren der Liebe''] at [[filmportal.de|filmportal.de/en]]

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